COVID-19 vaccination, incidence, and mortality rates among indigenous populations compared to the general population in Brazil: Describing trends over time.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic social and health inequities faced by indigenous peoples in Brazil foretell the detrimental impact of COVID-19.

Methods

We use de-identified, publicly available data from the Ministry of Health from March/2020 - December/2021 to describe vaccination coverage, cumulative incidence, and cumulative mortality rates due to COVID-19 among indigenous peoples. We also compare vaccination coverage among indigenous peoples with that reported for older adults, who were simultaneously included as a priority group in the vaccination strategy. Finally, we compared COVID-19 incidence and mortality rates in the indigenous population with that reported for the general Brazilian population.

Findings

We found important heterogeneities in vaccination coverage across th

SUBMITTER: Machado FCG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9294659 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature