September, 6th 2023
The Covid-19 pandemic intensified deep social inequalities in developing countries, revealed inadequate official responses, exposed the geopolitical inequities that separate rich and developing countries, and gave rise to heated debates about the state of health systems. The pandemic also highlighted the coexistence of long-standing precariousness, tensions, and resiliencies in health systems. The special issue, Covid-19 in Latin America: conflicts, resistances and inequalities gathers original and relevant studies that, based on Covid-19, establish a contextualized dialogue between the past and the present.
The supplement Covid-19 in Latin America: conflicts, resistances and inequalities was edited by Claudia Agostoni, Investigadora titular del Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Karina Ramacciotti, Professor en la Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Carlos Henrique Paiva, researcher at Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz and Marcos Cueto, Scientific editor of HCS-Manguinhos.
The articles discuss how the complex relationship between science, society, and politics is magnified in health disasters. They record the challenges of health workers and claim the importance of a comparative historical perspective to analyze and understand epidemics and contemporary public health. They also present detailed reflections on the interactions between science, health, and society in crises, reaffirming that the coronavirus disease is much more than a biomedical event.
See the editor’s note of the supplement “Covid -19 in Latin America: conflicts, resistances and inequalities” edited by Claudia Agostoni, Karina Ramacciotti, Carlos Henrique Paiva, and Marcos Cueto, and read the supplement (Vol 30, Supplement 1, 2023).
