COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND THE RIGHT TO LIFE – DIFFERENT RESPONSES ACCORDING TO THE STATE HEALTH SYSTEM: COMPARISON STUDY IN DIFFERENT REALITIES (Atena Editora)

Abstract

This article presents a comparative study carried out between countries from all continents of the world (with the exception of Oceania and Antarctica) in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to identify the governmental measures taken to combat the emergency crisis, their effectiveness in protecting the fundamental rights to the life and health of the population, and the differences in the guarantee of these rights according to the health system model (public or private) adopted nationally. To this end, bibliographic and documentary research was carried out (in governmental sources, national and international institutions and non-governmental organizations). The data collected were comparatively analyzed, according to the following parameters: (I) rates of contamination, lethality and vaccination of the population; (II) nationally adopted health system; (III) government measures taken to combat the pandemic. The period evaluated by the research was from March 2020 (month in which the pandemic was officially declared) to July 2021 (end date of the research project). The following countries were investigated: Brazil, USA, Mexico, Italy, UK, Spain, Germany, China and South Africa.