Slum Health in Brazil: Disparity From the Cell to the Street

Recorded October 27, 2014

Below is the original description of the event.

As Brazil transitions from a low- to a high-income nation, the juxtaposition of traditional infectious diseases with emerging non-communicable diseases creates a new public health syndrome called non-communicable disease-associated infectious diseases (NCDAID). This new syndrome disproportionately affects residents of urban settlements known as slums or “favelas.”

Lee Riley, MD, is a professor and Head of Division of Infectious Disease and Vaccinology at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.