Human development, social vulnerability and COVID-19 in Brazil: a study of the social determinants of health

ConclusionsAlthough COVID-19 first arrived in the most developed and least vulnerable municipalities in Brazil, it has already reached locations that are farther from large urban centers, whose populations are exposed to a context of intense social vulnerability. Based on these findings, it is necessary to adopt measures that take local social aspects into account in order to contain the pandemic.
Source: Infectious Diseases of Poverty - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research