Brazilian municipal health policies during the COVID-19 pandemic

Brazil was one of the countries most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the world considering the number of cases, deaths, and the duration of lockdowns. Between 2020 and 2022, both pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions (NPIs) were adopted at the municipal level, with 5,568 municipalities and the Federal District taking health-related actions. We present a new dataset revealing the complexity of this situation by reporting data based on thirty-seven surveys taken by mayors between 23 March 2021 and 24 March 2022.
The number of participating municipalities in each survey varied over time. The database indicates in which rounds each municipality participated. The minimum number of participating municipalities was 1,328 (23.8%), while the maximum reached 3,591 (64.49%), showing significant variation. The median was 2,461 (44.19%), and the mean of 2,482 (44.57%) suggests that, in general, municipal participation was close to the median, suggesting the dat..., Information on local NPI policies related to COVID-19 was collected through a telephone survey conducted directly with mayors, who had the option of receiving a password-protected link to respond to the online questionnaire later or to update previous responses. We focused on information concerning three essential dimensions related to the pandemic response: the monitoring of restrictive measures, infrastructure to treat infected people, and the implementation of the vaccination programme. We have included the week that respondents received the questionnaire, the initial date the questionnaire was presented to respondents, and the final date of questionnaire submission.
We collaborated with the Brazilian Confederation of Municipalities (CNM) to collect these data. The cooperation was formalised in a meeting with the CNM on 9 April 2020, and a written agreement was signed by the first and last authors of this article. The authors were given permission to describe, publish, and analyse th..., , # Brazilian municipal health policies during the COVID-19 pandemic

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.v6wwpzh5h](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.v6wwpzh5h)

## Description of the data and file structure

This dataset gathers information on the processes and activities of the pandemic response in Brazil, as well as the epidemiological outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazilian municipalities.

Five documents are available: the database (**bank_measures_complete_2**.Rda**), the codebook (**codebook_complete_2(1).csv**), the table with the municipal participation rate (**participation.csv**), a table detailing which questions are included in each round of the surveys (**table_contention.csv**), and the (**manipulation_base.R**) that describes the process of manipulating and cleaning the data.

Further details about each document are provided below.

### bank\_measues\_complete\_2.Rda

This is the database containing all the questions and all the rounds conducted with the municipalities. The...,