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Covid-19 as an issue of memory, truth, and justice: an interview with Deisy Ventura

This interview with Deisy Ventura, professor at the Faculty of Public Health of the Universidade de São Paulo, discusses the political dimension of the covid-19 pandemic in Brazil. She has become a leading reference on the subject due to her extensive knowledge of international law, with a focus on...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ventura, Deisy, Paiva, Carlos Henrique Assunção, Agostoni, Claudia, Mannheimer, Vivian, Cueto, Marcos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10595050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37878892
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0104-59702023000100053
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Sumario:This interview with Deisy Ventura, professor at the Faculty of Public Health of the Universidade de São Paulo, discusses the political dimension of the covid-19 pandemic in Brazil. She has become a leading reference on the subject due to her extensive knowledge of international law, with a focus on health. In this interview, Deisy Ventura offers some reflections on global health and discusses the handling of the pandemic in Brazil and its human rights implications. According to Ventura, the Brazilian government had a systematic policy for the spread of the virus, and the pandemic should be treated as a matter of memory, truth, and justice.