Institute for Health Policy Studies
The Institute for Health Policy Studies or Instituto de Estudos para Políticas de Saúde is a Brazilian-based think tank that focuses on emerging health and development issues. The Institute's approach emphasizes quantitative research, health policies evaluation, the design of evidence-based policies and the promotion of a culture of health. The views of IEPS’ staff have been cited and referenced in news stories in the Brazilian and international press in connection with health policies and the Covid-19 crisis.
Studies done by IEPS have been reported worldwide, in over seventy countries.[1][2][3][4], with particular repercussions in Brazil[5][6][7] and Latin America[8][9][10].
The Institute for Health Policy Studies is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with an office in São Paulo.
History
The Institute for Health Policy Studies was established in 2019 by Armínio Fraga[11], former President of the Central Bank of Brazil and other health policy experts such as Drauzio Varella, João Biehl, Paulo Hartung and Marcia C. Castro, among others. It is an independent and non-partisan think tank and do tank in Brazil.
IEPS has worked closely with other international think tanks such as Human Rights Watch, The Wilson Center, The PAHO, World Resources Institute to encourage changes in health policies and has established research partnerships with Imperial College London, Fundação Getulio Vargas and Princeton University.
In order to promote Health Culture, IEPS has partnered with two important Brazilian newspapers: Folha de São Paulo and Nexo. IEPS curates articles, stories and interviews from worldwide health experts for Folha de São Paulo, in its blog, Saúde em Público[12].
Criticism
The joint report, “Air is unbearable”, co-authored with Human Rights Watch and IPAM was heavily criticized by the Bolsonaro administration. Vice-President Hamilton Mourão said that he didn’t know where the organizations got those numbers.[13]
Miguel Lago has been a vocal voice in international media criticizing how Bolsonaro has responded to the Covid-19 crisis in outlets such as The New York Times[14], The Economist[1], The Guardian[15], The Wall Street Journal[16], Al Jazeera[17], CNN[18], NHK[19] and BBC[20].
COVID-19
Since March 2020, IEPS has been conducting quantitative research on the capacity of the Brazilian Public Health System (SUS) to deliver care during the pandemic through the publication of dozens of technical papers sent to the main public stakeholders and published on the IEPS website for public use[21]
During the Covid-19 pandemic, IEPS has been an integral part of building and maintaining the Coronacidades[22] platform, alongside Impulso[23] and Instituto Arapyaú[24]. This platform serves as a tool for municipalities to organize their response to the Covid-19 pandemic, with tools for monitoring[25], public management and communications[26], health management[27], and managing restrictive policies during and after the pandemic [28]. Hundreds of Brazilian municipalities have used this platform to aid and inform their decision-making[29]
Furthermore, IEPS has served as a beacon for information on the state of the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil for the international press.[30][31] [32] [33]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Brazil's president fiddles as a pandemic looms". The Economist. March 26, 2020.
- ↑ Lunis, Posté Par: Lamine (April 19, 2020). "Comment l'explosion du nombre de morts en Équateur peut refléter ce qui se passe dans d'autres pays d'Amérique latine".
- ↑ "https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/05/25/world/americas/ap-lt-virus-outbreak-blameless-bolsonaro.html". External link in
|title=(help) [dead link] - ↑ "Brazil tops 1 million cases as coronavirus spreads inland". Mainichi Daily News. June 20, 2020.
- ↑ "Opinião: No sul global, cidades formam última linha de defesa contra Covid-19". Folha de S.Paulo. May 13, 2020.
- ↑ "Estudo aponta falta de 41 mil leitos em UTIs do SUS". Valor Econômico.
- ↑ "'Se contenção der errado, Bolsonaro culpa os outros'". March 26, 2020.
- ↑ "Sin freno. Brasil registró otro récord de muertes por coronavirus en un día: 881". La Nación. May 12, 2020.
- ↑ GESTIÓN, NOTICIAS (May 13, 2020). "Brasil: Pese a Bolsonaro, ciudades imponen cuarentenas al subir casos de virus | MUNDO". Gestión.
- ↑ "Brasil: Ciudades imponen cuarentenas al subir casos de virus". www.diariolibre.com.
- ↑ "Minha Folha - Folha de S.Paulo". login.folha.com.br.
- ↑ "Saúde em Público - Políticas de saúde no Brasil em debate". Saúde em Público.
- ↑ "Em meio a pandemia, Mourão diz que queimada na amazônia é "agulha no palheiro"". Esquerda Diario.
- ↑ Lago, Miguel; Orofino, Alessandra (June 3, 2020). "Opinion | Bolsonaro Is Bizarre. But He Knows What He's Doing". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Brazil overtakes UK as country with third-highest coronavirus cases". the Guardian. May 19, 2020.
- ↑ Journal, Luciana Magalhaes and Kejal Vyas | Photographs and video by Dado Galdieri for The Wall Street (August 9, 2020). "Brazil Faces Somber Covid-19 Milestone at 100,000 Deaths". Wall Street Journal – via www.wsj.com.
- ↑ Abdalla, Jihan. "What is next for Brazil in its coronavirus fight?". www.aljazeera.com.
- ↑ https://edition.cnn.com/video/data/3.0/video/spanish/2020/05/21/brasil-facebook-comentarista-jair-bolsonaro-miguel-lago-entrevista-fernando-del-rincon-conclusiones.cnn/index.xml
- ↑ "Bracing for the Second Wave: Inequities Exposed - GLOBAL AGENDA - TV | NHK WORLD-JAPAN Live & Programs" – via www3.nhk.or.jp.
- ↑ "Queimadas na Amazônia estão ligadas a mais de 2 mil hospitalizações em 2019, diz relatório". BBC News Brasil.
- ↑ "Notas Técnicas".
- ↑ "CoronaCidades - Preparação para a Covid-19 nos municípios". CoronaCidades.
- ↑ "Impulso". Impulso.
- ↑ "Arapyau - Conectamos diversidades para transformar realidades". Arapyau.
- ↑ "Vigilância e monitoramento - Preparação para a Covid-19 nos municípios". May 8, 2020.
- ↑ "Governança e Comunicação - Preparação para a Covid-19 nos municípios". May 7, 2020.
- ↑ "Atenção à Saúde - Preparação para a Covid-19 nos municípios". May 8, 2020.
- ↑ "Políticas de restrição durante e pós Covid-19 - Preparação para a Covid-19 nos municípios". May 8, 2020.
- ↑ "COVID-19 in Latin America | Wilson Center". www.wilsoncenter.org.
- ↑ "Brazil coronavirus fight led by community groups". The New Humanitarian. May 27, 2020.
- ↑ Laudares, Humberto (November 3, 2020). "Deforestation in Brazil is spreading COVID-19 to the Indigenous peoples".
- ↑ "Despite Troubles, Brazil's SUS Health System Can Be a Model for Latin America".
- ↑ "Business & Financial News, U.S & International Breaking News | Reuters". www.reuters.com.
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