BRICS and global health: a call for papers

Zurn, Pascal; Romisch-Diouf, Marie-Andrée; Acharya, Shambhu; Barber, Sarah; Menabde, Natela; Migliorini, Luigi; Molina, Joaquín; O’Leary, Michael J.

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“…The BRICS countries are some of the world’s largest countries, both with regard to population size [ 6 ] and land coverage [ 35 ], and in some cases different legal and policy regulations in different states within the countries [ 10 , 11 , 27 ]. Our study provides a first step of a cross–country comparison within the field of alcohol research in these countries.…”

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Alcohol–attributed disease burden and alcohol policies in the BRICS–countries during the years 1990–2013

Rabiee¹,

Agardh²,

Coates³

et al. 2017

Journal of Global Health

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BackgroundWe aimed to assess alcohol consumption and alcohol–attributed disease burden by DALYs (disability adjusted life years) in the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) between 1990 and 2013, and explore to what extent these countries have implemented evidence–based alcohol policies during the same time period.MethodsA comparative risk assessment approach and literature review, within a setting of the BRICS countries. Participants were the total populations (males and females combined) of each country. Levels of alcohol consumption, age–standardized alcohol–attributable DALYs per 100 000 and alcohol policy documents were measured.ResultsThe alcohol–attributed disease burden mirrors level of consumption in Brazil, Russia and India, to some extent in China, but not in South Africa. Between the years 1990–2013 DALYs per 100 000 decreased in Brazil (from 2124 to 1902), China (from 1719 to 1250) and South Africa (from 2926 to 2662). An increase was observed in Russia (from 4015 to 4719) and India (from 1574 to 1722). Policies were implemented in all of the BRICS countries and the most common were tax increases, drink–driving measures and restrictions on advertisement.ConclusionsThere was an overall decrease in alcohol–related DALYs in Brazil, China and South Africa, while an overall increase was observed in Russia and India. Most notably is the change in DALYs in Russia, where a distinct increase from 1990–2005 was followed by a steady decrease from 2005–2013. Even if assessment of causality cannot be done, policy changes were generally followed by changes in alcohol–attributed disease burden. This highlights the importance of more detailed research on this topic.

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Alcohol–attributed disease burden and alcohol policies in the BRICS–countries during the years 1990–2013

Rabiee¹,

Agardh²,

Coates³

et al. 2017

Journal of Global Health

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“…The demand for high-quality, sustained, and equitable health services will continue to grow rapidly in BRICS countries as more and more people are alleviated out of poverty and toward the middle class. 5 The challenge is further compounded by aging populations and the consequent epidemic of non-communicable diseases. 50 It was recently reported that, in 2016, Chinese doctors treated more than three times as many patients as in 1998, 51 with more than 32% of those doctors working over 60 h per week.…”

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“…The demand for high‐quality, sustained, and equitable health services will continue to grow rapidly in BRICS countries as more and more people are alleviated out of poverty and toward the middle class 5 . The challenge is further compounded by aging populations and the consequent epidemic of non‐communicable diseases 50 .…”

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“…4 Compounded by daunting health disparities, the double burden from communicable and non-communicable diseases (NCD) remained a major obstacle to sustainable development in BRICS countries. 3,5 To unite their voice in the global economic and financial arena and work together to address the myriad health development challenges shared by BRICS countries, 'BRICS Framework for Collaboration on Strategic Projects in Health' was created to strengthen intra-BRICS coordination and cooperation in global health development. 3 Urgent virtual meetings were called amid the COVID-19 pandemic to share experiences, and BRICS Vaccine R&D Center was launched to streamline and promote vaccine development.…”

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“…Although hundreds of millions of people have been elevated out of poverty in the past decades, half of the world's poor still live in five BRICS countries 4 . Compounded by daunting health disparities, the double burden from communicable and non‐communicable diseases (NCD) remained a major obstacle to sustainable development in BRICS countries 3,5 . To unite their voice in the global economic and financial arena and work together to address the myriad health development challenges shared by BRICS countries, ‘BRICS Framework for Collaboration on Strategic Projects in Health’ was created to strengthen intra‐BRICS coordination and cooperation in global health development 3 .…”

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The trend in density of skilled health personnel in BRICS countries: Implication for China and India

Yan

Wang

et al. 2023

Health Planning & Management

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Objective: The similarities and differences in workforce trends in BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) may offer reciprocal lessons for emerging economies. Methods: We used the Global Health Observatory data to assess the secular trends between 2001 and 2017 in the number of skilled health personnel (SHP: doctors, nurses/ midwives) in BRICS compared to the average of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Results: Substantial efforts have been made in BRICS to increase SHP availability, as demonstrated by an average exponential growth rate (AEGR) > 0.03 in Brazil, China, and India compared to 0.01 in OECD. With an AEGR as high as 0.07 after 2008, China reached the level of SHP availability commensurate with the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in 2017. Other than China, BRICS countries had a mean number of nurses and midwives per doctor between 2001 and 2017 higher than or comparable to the OECD average (2.78). The corresponding number in China was 1.04 in 2017, lower than 2.21 in India in 2001. Conclusions: With China as the exception, BRICS countries maintained a sustainable skills mix of SHPs. China reached the level of SHP availability commensurate with the SDGs, but SHP's skill mix was imbalanced.

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BRICS and global health: a call for papers

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Alcohol–attributed disease burden and alcohol policies in the BRICS–countries during the years 1990–2013

Alcohol–attributed disease burden and alcohol policies in the BRICS–countries during the years 1990–2013

The trend in density of skilled health personnel in BRICS countries: Implication for China and India

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