Epidemics and Inequalities: Reflections from a webinar with IDS partners in Brazil
Channel: Institute of Development Studies
Date: 2020-03-23

The ‘Epidemics and Inequalities’ webinar brought together perspectives from anthropology, political science, economics and health systems research, combining insights from IDS (Isabele Bachtold), Cebrap (Vera Schattan Coelho), Fiocruz (Rômulo Paes de Sousa) and the health policy think-tank IEPS (Rudi Rocha). It was held in Portuguese, and included a high level of online interaction with participants via Zoom connections and a YouTube livestream. In this English-language video summary, IDS Director Melissa Leach and the members of the webinar panel reflect on key lessons for the COVID-19 response and the importance of drawing on social science research to inform this response. 

Links to key documents and research projects mentioned in the webinar:

https://cebrap.org.br/nucleos/nucleo-cidadania-saude-e-desenvolvimento/

https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/blog/social-science-coronavirus-response/

https://www.ids.ac.uk/projects/unequal-voices-the-politics-of-accountability-for-equity-in-health-systems/

http://novosestudos.uol.com.br/produto/114/

https://bulletin.ids.ac.uk/index.php/idsbo/issue/view/233

https://www.ids.ac.uk/projects/building-collaboration-for-action-ethnography-on-care-disability-and-health-policy-and-administration-of-public-service-for-women-and-caretakers-of-zika-virus-affected-children-in-pernambuco-brazil/

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(19)30409-7/fulltext

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)31243-7/fulltext

https://ieps.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/WPS3.pdf

https://www.devex.com/news/opinion-pandemics-are-the-world-s-silent-killers-we-need-new-ways-to-contain-them-94356

https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/21/06/2018/mayoral-network-pandemic-preparedness

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/how-should-cities-prepare-for-coronavirus-pandemics

https://earthtime.org/stories/covid19_the_pandemic_and_the_city

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGMb3iKt368