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THE 2019-NCOV PANDEMIC IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH: A TSUNAMI AHEAD
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University of Toronto. Faculty of Medicine. Department of Psychiatry. Toronto, ON, Canada / Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Institute for Mental Health Policy Research. Toronto, ON, Canada / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Departamento de Ciências Sociais. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of California. Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health. Department of Epidemiology. Los Angeles, USA.
University of California. Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health. Department of Epidemiology. Los Angeles, USA.
University of California San Diego School of Medicine. Department of Medicine. California, USA.
University of California. Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health. Department of Epidemiology. Los Angeles, USA.
University of California. Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health. Department of Epidemiology. Los Angeles, USA.
University of California San Diego School of Medicine. Department of Medicine. California, USA.
Abstract
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, highincome countries have faced shortages of medical supplies, personal protective equipment (PPE), ICU beds and ventilators [1]. In this unexpected scenario, physicians working in the world’s richest nations have been left to decide who will receive mechanical ventilation and, ultimately, who lives and who dies. Most countries in the Global South have yet to experience a significant wave of COVID-19, but are predicted to follow a similar trajectory as the Global North.
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