Health surveillance in tackling Covid-19 in Brazil

A scope review

Bibliographic Data

ID16827280
AuthorsLarissa Amorim Borges (0000-0002-4596-5098, Secretaria de Saúde do Município de Goiânia, Brasil), Pedro Henrique Brito Da Silva (0000-0003-3552-0439, Secretaria de Saúde do município de Senador Canedo, Brasil), Ana Laura De Sene Amâncio Zara (0000-0001-7012-9078, Universidade Federal de Goiás), Ellen Synthia Fernandes De Oliveira (0000-0002-0683-2620, Universidade Federal de Goiás)
Year2025
Volume30
Issue5
Publication date2025-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCiência & Saúde Coletiva (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1413-8123 • E-ISSN: 1678-4561
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1413-81232025305.02202025en
OpenAlexW4410897649
SciELOS1413-81232025000500500
LanguageEN
References cited20

The management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil was marked by contradictory statements and controversial decisions by the head of the executive branch and the Ministry of Health, creating uncertainty about the effective implementation of federal actions to control the disease. This study aims to describe the main health surveillance strategies adopted by the federal government to combat COVID-19, with a focus on actions aimed at preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection. This is a scoping review conducted between November 2019 and January 2021, using DECS and MeSH descriptors in four databases, in addition to consulting 85 legislative documents available on the Brazilian government’s legislation portal. The analysis included ten scientific articles and identified federal actions related to non-pharmacological and pharmacological measures, decisions on international borders, procurement of supplies, and essential services. The results point to the presence of sporadic strategies for pandemic containment but reveal insufficient surveillance in the face of the number of cases and deaths recorded. The study highlights the lack of robust federal support, which hindered the coordination and planning

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Geography · Outbreak · Pandemic · Political science · Computer Science · COVID-19 and healthcare impacts · COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing · Medicine · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Virology