Ministério da Saúde

Does COVID‐19 Vaccination Protect Against Post‐COVID Cardiovascular Conditions?

ABSTRACT Cardiovascular diseases, such as acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and arrhythmias, have been associated with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, representing an important cause of long‐term morbidity and mortality. In addition to preventing primary infection, COVID‐19 vacci...

Mobility hinders malaria elimination goals in the Brazilian Amazon

Introduction Human mobility across the Brazilian Amazon—shaped by frontier development, land-use change, mining activity, and climatic shocks—remains a major barrier to malaria elimination. Brazil aims to eliminate Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) by 2030 and Plasmodium vivax (Pv) by 2...

Strengthening systems to monitor antibiotics. An action oriented approach

Background Antibiotics have become lynchpins of our modern systems of healthcare, animal health and agriculture. Monitoring the types and volumes of antibiotics distributed, used and discharged across these systems is critical to provide evidence for action. With limited resource...

Patient Safety in Primary Health Care: A Scoping Review of Characteristics, Thematic Dimensions, and Gaps in the Literature

Patient safety in primary health care (PHC) is a multidimensional and systemic phenomenon, although the literature retrieved under the specified search and eligibility criteria was heterogeneous and unevenly distributed across geographic contexts. This scoping review aimed to map...

Racial discrimination and healthcare disparities in sickle cell disease: An integrative review

Sickle cell disease is an inherited genetic disorder that predominantly affects the Black population and can lead to serious complications like stroke and acute chest syndrome, significantly compromising the quality of life of those affected. An integrative literature review was...