Racial inequities and health impact of Brazil’s cash transfer programme
This seminar will explore how population data from 100 million Brazilians has enabled researchers to illuminate racial inequities in cervical cancer mortality and premature mortality, as well as the role of Brazil’s conditional cash-transfer (Bolsa FamÃlia) programme.
Researchers Dr Joanna Guimarães (Fiocruz) and Dr Julia Pescarini (LSHTM) will explore how structural factors—particularly race and socioeconomic conditions—shape health outcomes in Brazil, and the potential mitigating role of the Bolsa FamÃlia. This cash transfer programme provides financial support to low-income families, conditional on meeting requirements such as children’s school attendance and vaccinations, aiming to reduce poverty and improve long-term health and education outcomes.
Their work sheds light on how large-scale social policies may help reduce health inequalities in low- and middle-income settings.
Speakers
Dr Guimarães is a social epidemiologist and associate researcher at CIDACS–Fiocruz. Her work focuses on the social determinants of health, including residential segregation and chronic diseases, using lifecourse and cohort approaches. She leads studies examining how social policies like Bolsa FamÃlia can address persistent health disparities.
Julia Pescarini
Dr Pescarini is Associate Professor at LSHTM and a researcher at CIDACS–Fiocruz. Her research investigates social and environmental drivers of health inequality, with a focus on migration, race and poverty. She is currently leading a Wellcome-funded study on climate-induced migration and health impacts using Brazilian linked data.
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