EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION OF SARS-COV-2 INFECTION IN INDIGENOUS SPECIAL HEALTH DISTRICTS

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1592552221093

• Palavras-chave: Indigenous Medicine; indigenous; COVID-19; Epidemiology; Health Vulnerability.

• Keywords: Indigenous Medicine; indigenous; COVID-19; Epidemiology; Health Vulnerability.

• Abstract:

  INTRODUCTION: From 1500 to 1970, there was a decrease in the indigenous population, in addition to the extinction of peoples, a pattern that was changed in the 1990s, with a growth rate almost six times greater than the population in general. In Brazil, an indigenous population of 817,963 thousand people is estimated, and the Special Secretariat for Indigenous Health (SESAI) is the body responsible for implementing and coordinating the National Policy for Health Care for Indigenous Peoples (PNASPI), which leads to the indigenous population access to comprehensive, resolute and humanized health. Additionally, the health of this population receives support from the 34 Special Indigenous Health Districts (DSEI), which are strategically divided based on the territories of indigenous communities (CUPERTINO et al., 2020). With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, a special look is given to this population that has community housing practices, sharing of household items and diversified hygiene practices, facilitating the proliferation of SARS-CoV-2.