Data de publicação: 23/08/2024 - 12:09
The president of Fiocruz, Mario Moreira, joined the Emergency Advisory Group (ECG) set up by the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) last Monday (8/12). The group of experts acts as the main advisory body to the Director-General of Africa CDC, a position currently held by Jean Kaseya, providing strategic, evidence-based guidance on critical public health issues.
“This invitation was made because of our moves...
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Data de publicação: 12/08/2024 - 16:43
Fiocruz, the Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) held a meeting last Wednesday (7/31) at the Foundation's campus in Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, to align response, surveillance, and cooperation actions in response to health emergencies. The meeting brought together leaders from Fiocruz and directors of the WHO Health Emergencies Program and took place after the Global...
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Data de publicação: 09/08/2024 - 13:21
The head of the STD/AIDS Clinical Research Laboratory of the Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases (INI/Fiocruz), doctor Beatriz Grinsztejn, was sworn in as president of the International Aids Society (IAS) at the closing ceremony of the 25th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2024), which took place in the German city of Munich from July 22 to 26. The IAS organizes the conferences and is the world's largest association...
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Data de publicação: 09/08/2024 - 13:09
Fiocruz will start 56 new comprehensive health projects in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro in partnership with civil society institutions. The proposals are part of the country's first public call for proposals with this focus. With an initial contribution of R$4.5 million, the plan originated in 2021, supporting 41 projects in six cities. With the increase in investment to R$22.2 million, the number of projects supported reached 146 in 33...
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Data de publicação: 06/08/2024 - 12:14
Discussions around equity in access to vaccines and its connection with local production, funding and cooperation were some of the key points of discussions on the first day of the Global Pandemic Preparedness Summit (GPPS 2024), organized by Department of Health, Fiocruz and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (Cepi). The event, which took place in Rio de Janeiro from 7/ 29 to 7/30, had, in its opening, the participation of...
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Data de publicação: 06/08/2024 - 11:52
Robust surveillance to prevent future pandemics requires collaborative work, and collaborating is not an easy task, highlighted the Assistant Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Chikwe Ihekweazu. “If we pretend that collaboration is something easy, we will fail,” he said last Monday (7/29), during the second edition of the Global Pandemic Preparedness Summit 2024 (GPPS 2024), organized by the Department of Health...
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Data de publicação: 30/07/2024 - 15:24
Representatives of ten organizations led by Fiocruz today signed the Rio de Janeiro Declaration, a letter in defense of health sovereignty in the innovation and development of diagnostics, vaccines and medicines to face international public health emergencies in the Global South. The document was released by the president of Fiocruz, Mario Moreira, during the closing of the Global Pandemic Preparedness Summit 2024, an event that took place on...
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Data de publicação: 30/07/2024 - 15:06
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Data de publicação: 29/07/2024 - 09:58
The Brazilian Ministry of Health, Fiocruz and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) holds, Monday and Tuesday (July 29th and 30th), the second edition of the Global Pandemic Preparedness Summit (GPPS) 2024 – the first in Latin America. The event will take place in Windsor Marapendi Hotel, at Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, and will bring together R&D and manufacturing experts, government officials, civil...
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Data de publicação: 29/07/2024 - 09:27
One of the largest vaccine manufacturers in Latin America, Brazil’s Bio-Manguinhos/Fiocruz, is the latest partner to join CEPI’s network of vaccine manufacturers in the Global South working to support faster and more equitable responses to future emerging infectious disease threats.
Fiocruz joins global network of vaccine manufacturers (photo: Peter Ilicciev)
The inclusion of Fiocruz in CEPI’s manufacturing...
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Data de publicação: 25/07/2024 - 15:56
Researchers from the Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases (INI/Fiocruz) will be attending the 25th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2024), which takes place in the German city of Munich from July 22nd to 26th. The event is organized by the International Aids Society (IAS) and brings together scientists, managers, activists and representatives of the largest research institutions working on HIV/Aids. The Institute will also...
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Data de publicação: 25/07/2024 - 11:43
In partnership with the University of Coimbra, Fiocruz has signed an agreement for the technological development of radiopharmaceuticals and the future health registration of products in Brazil. The collaboration takes place through the Institute of Drug Technology (Farmanguinhos/Fiocruz) and was made official this Friday (7/19) in Coimbra, Portugal. On the occasion, two other agreements were also signed: one in the field of education and...
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Data de publicação: 25/07/2024 - 11:02
Four years after a previously unknown virus brought the world economy to its knees and led to the deaths of more than 20 million people, the threat from COVID-19 may have receded – but the risk of new epidemics and pandemics has never been greater.
It is only a matter of time before the next virus comes for us, with potentially even more devastating effects. That is why the world must act now to establish a robust preparedness and...
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Data de publicação: 22/07/2024 - 16:19
Admissions of babies under the age of one due to pneumonia, bronchitis and bronchiolitis in the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS in the Portuguese acronym) units hit a record high in 2023, according to a survey carried out by the Observatory of Children's Health (Observa Infância), an initiative of Fiocruz and Unifase. There were 153 thousand admissions last year, an average of 419 a day, an increase of 24% over the previous year....
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Data de publicação: 22/07/2024 - 12:03
A study carried out by the Laboratory of Modeling in Statistics, Geoprocessing and Epidemiology (Legepi) at Fiocruz Amazônia points to an increase of around 264% in suicide rates due to intentional self-poisoning with medication in Brazil between 2003 and 2022. The research, the results of which were published in the scientific journal Frontiers in Public Health, revealed that the unprecedented increase in these rates may have been...
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Data de publicação: 16/07/2024 - 14:41
The Brazilian Ministry of Health, through the Health and Environmental Surveillance Secretariat, has issued a technical note formalizing the use of Larvicide Spreading Stations (EDL, in the Portuguese acronym) – a technology developed by the Center for Pathogens, Reservoirs and Vectors in the Amazon (Amazon PReV) of Fiocruz Amazônia's Ecological Laboratory for Communicable Diseases in the Amazon (EDTA) – as a strategy for...
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Data de publicação: 16/07/2024 - 13:39
Fiocruz, in particular through the Center for Strategic Studies (CEE/Fiocruz) and the Fiocruz Global Health Center (Cris/Fiocruz), coordinates the two sub-task forces dedicated to discussions on health in the T20. Other units of the Foundation, such as Fiocruz Brasília, have also contributed. The T20 is a G20 engagement group that brings together think tanks, research centers and high-level experts from participating and invited countries...
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Data de publicação: 16/07/2024 - 12:08
The largest continental wetland on the planet and home to a biodiversity as diverse as it is threatened, the Pantanal is going through yet another intense series of fires. It is estimated that in the last five years, fires have degraded around 9% of the biome's vegetation. This destruction harms the health of the species that inhabit the Pantanal and those that live outside it. The damage is countless and affects human populations and other...
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Data de publicação: 16/07/2024 - 10:23
On July 1st and 2nd, the Science20 Summit, the G20 engagement group for science and technology, met in Rio de Janeiro to formulate the basis of the official communiqué that will be addressed to the heads of state and other authorities of the 19 largest economies in the world, the European Union, and the African Union, at the November meeting in Brazil. Science20 is made up of the national science academies of the G20 countries and...
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Data de publicação: 09/07/2024 - 10:28
At the beginning of July (7/1), the Health Department of Joinville promoted actions related to the implementation of the Wolbachia method in the municipality. The method's strategy consists of introducing the Wolbachia bacterium into Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. A meeting on the project was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Health, Fiocruz and the World Mosquito Program (WMP). The group also made an inspection visit that marked the...
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Data de publicação: 09/07/2024 - 09:56
The new report from the research Brazilian Cooperation for International Development (Cobradi) has just been published by the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea). The book, however, is just one of the many products of this research, which, in its 2021-2024 cycle, presented a series of innovations, mainly related to the methodology adopted. The study was coordinated by Fiocruz Brasília researcher Rafael Schleicher during his...
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Data de publicação: 04/07/2024 - 07:38
International cooperation is a core value and commitment of Fiocruz. PROCC actively participates in a Latin American consortium in collaboration with The Global Health Network (TGHN) at the University of Oxford.
Hub Fiocruz
Since 2019, Fiocruz has been the centre of a collaborative, open-access knowledge hub. This hub aims to strengthen networks and expand public health research capacities by creating a dynamic virtual...
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Data de publicação: 04/07/2024 - 07:38
PROCC Events: Seminars and High-Level Courses
PROCC is dedicated to scientific dissemination and promotes international events that further knowledge and research in public health. Our events include seminars, courses and congresses that attract specialists and researchers from all over the world.
PROCC Study Centre
The PROCC promotes the Study Centre to hold high-level scientific seminars. These events, publicised via the...
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Data de publicação: 04/07/2024 - 07:38
PROCC Academic Production: Research, Publications and Human Resources Training
PROCC academic production is a pillar that drives research and the generation of knowledge in the health field both inside and outside Fiocruz. The team of researchers is dedicated to producing and disseminating information through academic and scientific activities. Here are the main aspects of PROCC academic production:
1. Publications in Journals...
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