Introduction The increasing burden of non-communicable diseases and limited public
financing are major challenges facing health care systems in Latin America. Although …

Background The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted health services
and healthcare systems worldwide. Studies have shown that hospital admissions for causes …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Multiple opinion-based communications have highlighted the
actions of the Brazilian government during the pandemic. Nevertheless, none have …

COVID-19 was detected in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. In view of the growing
number of cases, deaths and affected countries, on January 30th 2020 the World Health …

Originating in the Province of Hubei, in China, the epidemic unleashed by a new strain of the
Coronaviridae virus family (SARS-CoV-2) that causes the disease known as COVID-19 has …

In December 2019, a cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown etiology was reported in
Wuhan, China (1). On January 7, a novel coronavirus was identified from the throat swab …

The COVID-19 pandemic poses an unprecedented challenge for science and society,
demanding rapid and diverse responses by health systems that need to be reorganized in …

SUMMARY The pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has put pressure on
countries' health systems. Although attention is mostly directed at the hospital sector, since …

The continent of the Americas has the greatest number of people infected and deaths
associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the …

This study investigated the dynamics of hospitalizations and in-hospital deaths from
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) throughout the pandemic in northeast Brazil, the …