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COVID-19 and indigenous peoples in Brazil: a neglected population and the importance of the vaccine

April 7, 2021 You are here: Home / Policy / Health / COVID-19 and indigenous peoples in Brazil: a neglected population and the importance of the vaccine COVID-19 and indigenous peoples in Brazil: a neglected population and the importance of the vaccine (Credit: Unsplash) This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Fernanda Clara da Silva and Danielle Correia Furtado, both third year medical students at Rio Grande do Norte State University (UERN) in Mossoró, Brazil. They are affiliated to the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writers and do not necessarily reflect IFMSA’s view on the topic, nor The European Sting’s one.

Indigenous Peoples Improvise a COVID-19 Hospital in Manaus

Health volunteers at the Support Unit, Parque das Tribos, Manaus, Brazil, Jan. 22, 2021. | Photo: Twitter/ @GreenpeaceBR 13 February 2021 (teleSUR) In response to the inefficiency of the Brazilian authorities, the residents of the Manaus neighborhood “Tribes Park” (Parque das Tribos) set up their “Support Unit” (SU), a rudimentary field hospital to treat COVID-19 patients. Despite the high number of COVID-19 cases, they are not being treated directly by the Special Secretariat for Indigenous Health (SESAI) because they reside in an urban area. RELATED: “We have been fighting for the lives of Indigenous people living in cities since last year,” said the SU manager Vanda Ortega, a nurse who is part of a group of volunteer health workers.

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