Indigenous geographical mobility to access healthcare services: elements for emergency healthcare actions on the fight against COVID-19

Geographical and statistical inputs for decision making regarding emergency healthcare actions for indigenous peoples on the fight against COVID-19 are presented in this article. A set of information on geographical mobility to access healthcare services of high, medium and lower complexity (IBGE. 2020b) and estimates for indigenous population inhabiting Indigenous Reserves and Settlements built by the authors using 2010 Census data and the Indigenous Information Database ONE 2012, 2020b) was combined in order to provide a starting point for analyses. Based on the evaluation of this combined information about the indigenous presence in Brazilian cities and the existence or absence of high level complexity hubs for healthcare in these cities, recommendations indicate the priority municipalities for reinforcement of their infrastructurel of emergency healthcare to indigenous in the context of COVID-19.