Why are more than 19,000 health workers standing in local elections that will take place across the country this month?
![Dr Angela Tenório, front, who is running for city councillor in Rio de Janeiro, stands with supporters and a poster that reads, 'Healthcare has been gutted, patients are perishing, dying' [Photo by Daniel Lewinsonh, courtesy of Angela Tenório]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Brazil-elections-doctors-AngelaTenorio-handout6.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Why are more than 19,000 health workers standing in local elections that will take place across the country this month?
![Dr Angela Tenório, front, who is running for city councillor in Rio de Janeiro, stands with supporters and a poster that reads, 'Healthcare has been gutted, patients are perishing, dying' [Photo by Daniel Lewinsonh, courtesy of Angela Tenório]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Brazil-elections-doctors-AngelaTenorio-handout6.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Organisations, celebrities and activists scramble to give information on how favela residents can protect themselves.
