The foreseen loss of the battle against COVID-19 in South America: A foretold tragedy

Monica Malta^{1

2}, Mario Vianna Vettore³, Cosme Marcelo Furtado Passos da Silva⁴, Angelica Baptista Silva⁵, Steffanie A Strathdee⁶

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¹ Institute for Mental Health Policy Research / Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (IMHPR/CAMH), Toronto, Canada.
² Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
³ Department of Health and Nursing Sciences / University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology and Quantitative Methods in Health, Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (ENSP/FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁵ Department of Human Rights, Health and Social Diversity, Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (ENSP/FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁶ Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, United States.

PMID: 34377968
PMCID: PMC8339878
DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.101068

The foreseen loss of the battle against COVID-19 in South America: A foretold tragedy

Monica Malta et al. EClinicalMedicine. 2021 Sep.

. 2021 Sep:39:101068.

doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.101068. Epub 2021 Aug 5.

Authors

Monica Malta^{1

2}, Mario Vianna Vettore³, Cosme Marcelo Furtado Passos da Silva⁴, Angelica Baptista Silva⁵, Steffanie A Strathdee⁶

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Mental Health Policy Research / Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (IMHPR/CAMH), Toronto, Canada.
² Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
³ Department of Health and Nursing Sciences / University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology and Quantitative Methods in Health, Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (ENSP/FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁵ Department of Human Rights, Health and Social Diversity, Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (ENSP/FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁶ Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, United States.

PMID: 34377968
PMCID: PMC8339878
DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.101068

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MM declares grants (PI NIH study 1R21MH119496 and Co-PI NIH study 1R01MH 119,101) and a leadership role at Leadership 500 Women Scientists NGO. SAS declares support from NIDA/NIH R01DA049644. All the other authors declare no competing interests.

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