Disproportionate Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Among Pregnant and Postpartum Black Women in Brazil Through Structural Racism Lens

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¹ Nursing School, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.
² Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Botucatu Medical School, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, Brazil.
³ Department of Medicine, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil.
⁴ Fernandes Figueira National Institute of Women, Adolescent and Child Health, Fundação Osvaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁵ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.
⁶ Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira, Recife, Brazil.
⁷ Department of Social Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.

Debora de Souza Santos et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2021.

. 2021 Jun 1;72(11):2068-2069.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1066.

¹ Nursing School, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.
² Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Botucatu Medical School, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, Brazil.
³ Department of Medicine, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil.
⁴ Fernandes Figueira National Institute of Women, Adolescent and Child Health, Fundação Osvaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁵ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.
⁶ Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira, Recife, Brazil.
⁷ Department of Social Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.

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