Under-Reporting of COVID-19 Cases Among Indigenous Peoples in Brazil: A New Expression of Old Inequalities

Under-Reporting of COVID-19 Cases Among Indigenous Peoples in Brazil: A New Expression of Old Inequalities

Objective: To estimate the incidence, mortality and lethality rates of COVID-19 among Indigenous Peoples in the Brazilian Amazon. Additionally, to analyze how external threats can contribute to spread the disease in Indigenous Lands (IL).Methods: The Brazilian Amazon is home to nearly half a million...

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Main Authors: Martha Fellows, Valéria Paye, Ane Alencar, Mário Nicácio, Isabel Castro, Maria Emília Coelho, Camila V. J. Silva, Matheus Bandeira, Reinaldo Lourival, Paulo Cesar Basta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
COVID-19
Indigenous Peoples
Brazilian Amazon
Indigenous health system
inequalities
under-reporting
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.638359/full

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