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A review of Environmental risks and vulnerability factors of indigenous populations from Latin America and the Caribbean in the face of the COVID-19.
Flores-Ramírez, Rogelio; Berumen-Rodríguez, Alejandra Abigail; Martínez-Castillo, Marco Antonio; Alcántara-Quintana, Luz Eugenia; Díaz-Barriga, Fernando; Díaz de León-Martínez, Lorena.
  • Flores-Ramírez R; CONACYT Research Fellow, Coordinación para la Innovación y Aplicación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología (CIACYT), San Luis Potosí, México.
  • Berumen-Rodríguez AA; Centro de Investigación Aplicada en Ambiente y Salud (CIAAS), San Luis Potosí, México.
  • Martínez-Castillo MA; Centro de Investigación Aplicada en Ambiente y Salud (CIAAS), San Luis Potosí, México.
  • Alcántara-Quintana LE; CONACYT Research Fellow, Coordinación para la Innovación y Aplicación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología (CIACYT), San Luis Potosí, México.
  • Díaz-Barriga F; Centro de Investigación Aplicada en Ambiente y Salud (CIAAS), San Luis Potosí, México.
  • Díaz de León-Martínez L; Centro de Investigación Aplicada en Ambiente y Salud (CIAAS), San Luis Potosí, México.
Glob Public Health ; 16(7): 975-999, 2021 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1221434
ABSTRACT
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) was declared a new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 22 May 2020. As of 13 January 2021, the numbers of deaths and cases caused by COVID-19 in LAC reported are 552,000 and 17'485,000 respectively. LAC concentrates the largest percentage of indigenous populations throughout the world. In this region, poverty is persistent and particularly rural indigenous peoples hold the steepest barriers to health services and experience profound discrimination based on ethnicity, poverty, and language, compared to their non-indigenous counterparts. The information regarding the health of indigenous populations, in general, is scarce, and this problem is aggravated in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the main objective of this work is to address the overall scenario of indigenous peoples in the Latin American and Caribbean region from March 2020 to January 2021, in this manner gathering information regarding health problems, economic, social, cultural and environmental factors that make indigenous populations in LAC particularly vulnerable to serious health effects from the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as compiling the mitigation strategies implemented in indigenous communities.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Indigenous Peoples / COVID-19 / Health Services Accessibility Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Glob Public Health Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2021 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Indigenous Peoples / COVID-19 / Health Services Accessibility Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Glob Public Health Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2021 Document Type: Article