The 9th FAPESP COVID-19 Research Webinar had researchers from different countries to examine the effects of COVID-19 on educational inequalities, exploring its impact on schools and families.
With no vaccine or drug treatment, there is an urgent need for change in collective behaviors. The webinar addressed the widespread polarization between compliance versus rejection of guidelines from health and government authorities
The webinar addressed the many issues around the design of basic income policies aiming post pandemic economic recovery, such as eligibility, insertion into the social protection system, impact on job market, feasibility, and funding
The webinar reflected over how efforts leading to open data repositories on COVID-19 can contribute to the global effort towards dealing with the pandemic, as well as the challenges and benefits of COVID-19 data sharing
Several vaccine types are desirable, however, securing vaccine supplies with commissioned doses is fully dependent on the vaccine manufacturing capacity. Equitable distribution is key to reduce spreading of the virus
The webinar acknwoledges the contributions of South Americam applied mathematicians in coping with COVID-19 and its various consequences, responding swiftly to the pandemic by proposing models to understand the pandemic and its dynamics
Scientific literature shows contact tracing is key to lift social distancing measures. This webinar debates the challenges of applying contact tracing in Nigeria, Mexico, USA and Brazil and the implication of the use of technology to do so
Scientists from many countries talk about their experience in assessing transmissibility of the COVID-19 infection, approaches in situations of limited access to testing, and its importance in directing government response to the epidemic
Researchers take a day off to explore the surroundings before returning to São Paulo. Next, they will carry out epidemiological analysis and international cooperation in mathematical modeling applied to COVID-19 transmission dynamics
In this episode of Field Diary Series, FAPESP-funded scientists are leading research projects since 2003 in the Brazilian state of Acre, with focus on malaria prevalence and health of Amazonic peoplings
Researchers explains how their experience with the Zika virus, made possible with funding from FAPESP, helped them to cultured the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
