Dr Brant and Dr Felisbino‑Mendes on Brazil’s changing burden of disease and the lasting impact of COVID‑19

In this episode, our editor Taissa Vila speaks with Dr Luisa Brant and Dr Mariana Felisbino-Mendes about their capstone Global Burden of Disease analysis for Brazil, tracing major health trends from 1990 to 2023. Together, they unpack Brazil’s gains in life expectancy, the years of progress reversed by COVID-19, and the stark inequalities exposed across Brazilian states. The conversation also examines the impact of pandemic management, emerging post-pandemic challenges such as non-communicable diseases, and what Brazil’s experience can teach other middle-income countries about health system resilience. Click here to read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(26)00071-2/fulltext