Spatiotemporal pattern of COVID-19 spread in Brazil.
Castro MC, Kim S, Barberia L, Ribeiro AF, Gurzenda S, Ribeiro KB, Abbott E, Blossom J, Rache B, Singer BH.
Science. 2021 Apr 14. PMID: 33853971
Professor
Marcia C.de Castro
Other Positions
Chair, Department of Global Health and Population
Global Health and Population
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Bibliography
Prioritizing COVID-19 vaccination by age.
Castro MC, Singer B.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 04 13. 118(15). PMID: 33731429
Effect of socioeconomic inequalities and vulnerabilities on health-system preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Brazil: a comprehensive analysis.
Rocha R, Atun R, Massuda A, Rache B, Spinola P, Nunes L, Lago M, Castro MC.
Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Apr 12. PMID: 33857500
Assessing the performance of beneficiary targeting in Brazil's More Doctors Programme.
Özçelik EA, Massuda A, McConnell M, Castro MC.
Health Policy Plan. 2021 Mar 26. 36(2):149-161. PMID: 33448298
Cross-border malaria in Northern Brazil.
Arisco NJ, Peterka C, Castro MC.
Malar J. 2021 Mar 06. 20(1):135. PMID: 33676522
Bayesian evidence synthesis to estimate subnational TB incidence: An application in Brazil.
Chitwood MH, Pelissari DM, Drummond Marques da Silva G, Bartholomay P, Rocha MS, Sanchez M, Arakaki-Sanchez D, Glaziou P, Cohen T, Castro MC, Menzies NA.
Epidemics. 2021 Feb 20. 35:100443. PMID: 33676092
Prenatal care and preterm birth in the Western Brazilian Amazon: A population-based study.
Ramos de Oliveira CV, Neves PAR, Lourenço BH, Medeiros de Souza R, Malta MB, Fujimori E, Cardoso MA, Castro MC.
Glob Public Health. 2021 Jan 10. 1-12. PMID: 33427077
Predicting Aedes aegypti infestation using landscape and thermal features.
Lorenz C, Castro MC, Trindade PMP, Nogueira ML, de Oliveira Lage M, Quintanilha JA, Parra MC, Dibo MR, Fávaro EA, Guirado MM, Chiaravalloti-Neto F.
Sci Rep. 2020 12 10. 10(1):21688. PMID: 33303912
Impact of Brazil's More Doctors Program on hospitalizations for primary care sensitive cardiovascular conditions.
Özçelik EA, Massuda A, McConnell M, Castro MC.
SSM Popul Health. 2020 Dec. 12:100695. PMID: 33319027
Emerging arboviruses in the urbanized Amazon rainforest.
Lowe R, Lee S, Martins Lana R, Torres Codeço C, Castro MC, Pascual M.
BMJ. 2020 11 13. 371:m4385. PMID: 33187952
News
Analysis reveals factors underlying COVID-19 spread in Brazil
For immediate release: Thursday, April 22, 2021 Boston, MA – An overall failure in Brazil to implement prompt, coordinated, and equitable responses fueled COVID-19’s spread in a context of stark local socioeconomic and health care inequalities, according to…
Tracking COVID-19’s explosive spread in the Brazilian Amazon
Brazil has had one of the world’s worst COVID-19 epidemics, with a particularly rapid and deadly outbreak in the Amazon region.
Worldwide Week highlights Harvard’s global reach
Harvard Worldwide Week 2020 showcases the breadth of the University’s global engagement through a host of virtual offerings and features a host of Harvard Chan School experts.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Press Conference with Marcia Castro, 06/29/20
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Marcia Castro, Andelot professor of demography and chair of the Department of Global Health and Population. This call was recorded at 11:30…
Lack of federal leadership hinders Brazil’s COVID-19 response
Brazil is now second only to the U.S. in COVID-19 cases, and may soon surpass it.
