Despite pronounced reductions in the number of deaths due to infectious diseases over the
past six decades, infectious diseases are still a public health problem in Brazil. In this report, …

There is considerable interest in the waning of effectiveness of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
vaccines and vaccine effectiveness (VE) of booster doses. Using linked national …

Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2016
provides an up-to-date analysis of the burden of diarrhoea in 195 countries. This study …

Brazil is a large complex country that is undergoing rapid economic, social, and environmental
change. In this Series of six articles, we have reported important improvements in health …

Objectives. We evaluated the effects of the Family Health Program (FHP), a strategy for
reorganization of primary health care at a nationwide level in Brazil, on infant mortality at a …

Background Political, economic, and epidemiological changes in Brazil have affected health
and the health system. We used the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 (GBD 2016) …

Background A city-wide sanitation intervention was started in Salvador, Brazil, in 1997 to
improve sewerage coverage from 26% of households to 80%. Our aim was to investigate the …

Background Although leprosy is recognised as a disease of poverty, there is little evidence
on the specific socioeconomic factors associated with disease risk. To inform targeted …

Background Children in low-income settings suffering from frequent diarrhoea episodes are
also at a high risk of acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI). We explored whether this is …

Despite notable scientific and medical advances, broader political, socioeconomic and
behavioural factors continue to undercut the response to the COVID-19 pandemic 1 , 2 . Here we …