Brazil started the reverse medicine logistics system (RML) in 2020 as a way of managing this waste. In 2021, São Paulo State brought forward the geographic target of implementing the RML system for municipalities with a population ≥ 200 thousand i...
Objetivo: analisar os fatores associados, direta e indiretamente, à incapacidade funcional de mulheres e homens idosos com catarata. Métodos: estudo transversal desenvolvido entre 302 mulheres e 142 homens idosos com catarata autorreferida resident...
The Homeless Population (HP) has shown exponential growth in the last decade, causing different challenges for the Unified Health System in Brazil, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional, descriptive, and exploratory study, with t...
Estimating average blood pressure levels and prevalence of hypertension and associated factors is fundamental for monitoring health and planning actions to combat NCDs in indigenous peoples in Brazil. This is a cross-sectional study that investigated...
Este estudo quantitativo associou a busca por informações sobre alimentação e nutrição com a imagem corporal e o comportamento alimentar em homens e mulheres. Para isso, foi realizada uma pesquisa online divulgada nas redes sociais e por e-mail...
Considered an important public health problem among indigenous peoples in Brazil, obesity is a risk factor for non-communicable diseases and conditions. The objective was to describe the occurrence of overweight and obesity and associated factors in ...
The study aimed to identify protection strategies against the Covid-19 pandemic among indigenous peoples in several countries. Fifty-six original articles, published2020 to May/2021, were analyzed along four axes: popular surveillance and community o...
In this interview, Weibe Tapeba, Secretary of Indigenous Health at the Ministry of Health in the Lula Government, discusses the process of reorganizing the Secretariat of Indigenous Health (SESAI) and Indigenous protagonism in the new administration....