The challenges facing indigenous communities in Latin America as they confront the COVID-19 pandemic
Por:
Meneses-Navarro, Sergio, Graciela Freyermuth-Enciso, Maria, Estela Pelcastre-Villafuerte, Blanca, Campos-Navarro, Roberto, Mariano Melendez-Navarro, David, Gomez-Flores-Ramos, Liliana
Publicada:
7 may 2020
Resumen:
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-2019) pandemic struck Latin America
in late February and is now beginning to spread across the rural
indigenous communities in the region, home to 42 million people. Eighty
percent of this highly marginalized population is concentrated in
Bolivia, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru. Health care services for these
ethnic groups face distinct challenges in view of their high levels of
marginalization and cultural differences from the majority. Drawing on
30 years of work on the responses of health systems in the indigenous
communities of Latin America, our group of researchers believes that
countries in the region must be prepared to combat the epidemic in
indigenous settings marked by deprivation and social disparity. We
discuss four main challenges that need to be addressed by governments to
guarantee the health and lives of those at the bottom of the social
structure: the indigenous peoples in the region. More than an analysis,
our work provides a practical guide for designing and implementing a
response to COVID-19 in indigenous communities.
Filiaciones:
Natl Inst Publ Hlth, CONACYT Ctr Hlth Syst Res, Ctr Populat Hlth Res, Univ 655, Cuernavaca 62100, Morelos, Mexico
Ctr Res & Adv Studies Social Anthropol, Southeast Campus,Carretera San Juan Chamula, Cristobal De Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
Natl Inst Publ Hlth, Ctr Hlth Syst Res, Univ 655, Cuernavaca 62100, Morelos, Mexico
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Circuito Escolar 411A, Coyoacan 04360, Ciudad De Mexic, Mexico
Comm Promot Safe Motherhood Mexico, Carretera San Juan,Chamula Kilornetro 3-5, San Cristobal de las Casa 29247, Chiapas, Mexico
Natl Inst Publ Hlth, CONACYT Ctr Populat Hlth Res, Univ 655, Cuernavaca 62100, Morelos, Mexico
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