Health Policies of Brazilian States During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Dataset of the Regulations Issued*

This database provides a comprehensive overview of the health regulations issued by the state governments of Brazil over the COVID-19 pandemic. For this compilation, we gathered and analyzed the regulatory frameworks of health policies developed by Brazil’s 27 states from February 2020 to October 2021, covering the first three waves of COVID-19 in the country. As a result, we have an original dataset of Subnational Regulation data, comprising over 4,000 norms related to COVID-19 in the field of health. This database aims to contribute to the understanding of state responses to the pandemic, considering the federative configuration and the autonomy of local authorities.