Punt Politics as Failure of Health System Stewardship: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Brazil and Mexico

• Main Authors: Felicia Marie Knaul (Author), Michael Touchton (Author), Héctor Arreola-Ornelas (Author), Rifat Atun (Author), Renzo JC Calderon Anyosa (Author), Julio Frenk (Author), Adolfo Martínez-Valle (Author), Tim McDonald (Author), Thalia Porteny (Author), Mariano Sánchez-Talanquer (Author), Cesar Victora (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We present a new concept, Punt Politics, and apply it to the COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) in two epicenters of the pandemic: Mexico and Brazil. Punt Politics refers to national leaders in federal systems deferring or deflecting responsibility for health systems decision-making to...