Methodologies for Social and Environmental Vulnerability Indices, COVID 19 contagion dynamics and the Brazilian Health Deprivation Index

Abstract

The article deals with three methodologies for mapping vulnerabilities in application in Brazilian and Portuguese territories. The first, VS-CES-OSIRIS MODEL (University of Coimbra and University of Lisbon) of multivariate analysis of the Criticality and Carrying Capacity components for disasters and emergencies, seeks to create comparative indices of social vulnerability between territories. The methodology has already been applied throughout the Portuguese territory, at different spatial scales. Reference researchers: José Manuel Mendes (CES/UCoimbra), José Luís Zêzere and Pedro Santos (IGOT/ULisboa). The second methodology was developed by the High Performance Computing Service Center (Nacad/UFRJ), and seeks to map the Covid-19 contagion dynamics, in partnership with Italian (Lombardia) and American (Georgia) researchers, incorporating the variation of the epidemic in space. Reference researchers: Malú Grave and Álvaro Coutinho (Nacad/UFRJ). The third methodology was known as the Brazilian Index of Health Deprivation, for the analysis of health inequalities in Brazil, developed by Cidacs/Fiocruz (BA). Reference researcher: Maria Yury Ichihara (Fiocruz Bahia).

Keywords: Vulnerability indicators. Covid-19 contagion. Health inequality. Health Deprivation Index.