Articles

Elsevier,

The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, Volume 6, 2022, 100101

This study supports SDG 3 and 13 by quantifying the risk and attributable burden of hospitalisations for renal diseases related to ambient temperature, showing that this risk was positively associated with daily mean temperature and was more prominent in women, children aged 0–4 years, and older people aged ≥80 years. The findings highlight the need for the development of more policies to prevent heat-related hospitalisations and to mitigate climate change.
Elsevier,

The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, Volume 10, 2022, 100222

This study supports SDG 3 and 10 by discussing possible determinants of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Brazilian health system through the lenses of health system resilience and geographical inequalities. The findings show that lack of proper planning to improve resilience resulted in the decrease of a quarter of the amount of health-care procedures, increasing already existing health disparities in the country and highlighting the need to allocate resources in socioeconomically vulnerable regions to reduce avoidable deaths.
Elsevier,

The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, Volume 4, 2021, 100034

This study supports SDG 3 by investigating the association between increasing the quality of primary health care in Brazil, with highly-skilled health professionals and integrated community health workers, and reductions in hospitalisations and mortality. These findings suggest that high quality, multidisciplinary primary health care remains essential to strengthening health systems in both high-income countries and in low-income and middle-income countries.
Elsevier,

The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, Volume 2, 2021, 100042

This study supports SDG 3 and 10 by analysing the association between income inequality and more than 60 outcomes of non-communicable diseases in Brazil. These findings emphasise the importance of addressing wider social determinants of health and the synergistic benefits of tackling inequalities.
Elsevier,

The Lancet Planetary Health, Volume 6, March 2022

An Article in support of SDG 2 and 12, providing a comprehensive picture of consumption of total animal-source foods, unprocessed red meat, processed meat, seafood, egg, milk, cheese, and yoghurt consumption in 185 countries among children and adults.
Elsevier
An article on the preclinical phase of Alzheimer's disease, in the context of SDG 3, focusing specifically on the downregulation of interferon signalling activity as a pre-disease biomarker.
Elsevier,

Pedobiologia, Volume 90, March 2022

This article supports SDG's 13 and 15 by discussing the main findings from the Special Issue on the impact of global changes on soil biodiversity: from fauna, to fungi, soil organisms and microorganisms.
Elsevier, Preventive Medicine, Volume 156, March 2022
Average age at death is younger for intellectual and developmental disabled adults. This disparity is more pronounced among all racial-ethnic minorities. Racial-ethnic inequities are most severe among adults with cerebral palsy.
Elsevier,

Urban Governance, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ugj.2022.03.001.

 

The paper presents policy responses to the pandemic that illustrate how the crisis has opened opportunities for initiating changes that can lead to a more just food system.

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