Rudi Rocha

TL;DR: The expansion of the SUS has allowed Brazil to rapidly address the changing health needs of the population, with dramatic upscaling of health service coverage in just three decades, but analysis of future scenarios suggests the urgent need to address lingering geographical inequalities, insufficient funding, and suboptimal private sector-public sector collaboration.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the relationship between health-system preparedness, responses to COVID-19, and the pattern of spread of the epidemic in a country marked by wide inequalities in socioeconomic characteristics and other health risks (age structure and burden of chronic disease).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the contribution of agricultural output prices and policies to the reduction in Amazon deforestation in the 2000s and found that conservation policies implemented beginning in 2004 and 2008 significantly contributed to the curbing of deforestation.

TL;DR: In this article, the impact of rainfall fluctuations during the gestational period on health at birth in the Brazilian semi-arid region was analyzed, highlighting the role of water scarcity as a determinant of early life health.

TL;DR: The Brazilian recession contributed to increases in mortality, however, health and social protection expenditure seemed to mitigate detrimental health effects, especially among vulnerable populations, and provides support for stronger health andsocial protection systems globally.