Daniel Antunes Freitas

qualifications: MS(Dent)

contribution: supplied data, original concept, wrote the first draft

position: Postgraduate student

I am a Brazilian researcher, interested in public health issues.I am a university professor. Working with Research in Rural Communities of the descendants of slaves in Brazil. I'm interested in epidemiological surveys and qualitative research. Also researching disease in these populations.

Geane Moreira

qualifications: MS(Path)

contribution: supplied data, designed the project, contributed to drafts

position: Postgraduate student

Kimberly Jones

qualifications: PhD

contribution: literature review, contributed to drafts

position: Professor-researcher

I am a medical anthropologist with research interests in the United States and Brazil. My areas of research include: International Political Economy of Health Global and Local Consequences of Development Health Disparities and Socio-Economic Inequalities Unified System of Health (Universal Public Health Care in Brazil)

Antônio Caldeira

qualifications: PhD

contribution: original concept, designed the project

position: Professor-researcher