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
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Data de publicação: 04/07/2024 - 07:38
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Alexandra Ribeiro Mendes de Almeida
Doutora em Pesquisa interdisciplinar em uso de substâncias - Universidade da Califórnia San Diego/ EUA
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Data de publicação: 04/07/2024 - 07:38
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Data de publicação: 04/07/2024 - 07:37
Os pesquisadores do PROCC atuam como docentes permanentes ou colaboradores, principalmente nos seguintes programas de PG:
Programa de Biologia Computacional e Sistemas - IOC
O Programa de Pós-graduação Stricto sensu em Biologia Computacional e Sistemas do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (PGBCS/IOC/Fiocruz), criado em 2007, credenciando com conceito 5 pela Capes/MEC. Está alocado na área...
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Data de publicação: 03/07/2024 - 15:19
In epidemiological research work, the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/Fiocruz) confirmed the presence of the worm Angiostrongylus cantonensis, causing eosinophilic meningitis, in snails collected in the city of Nova Iguaçu, Baixada Fluminense, in the Rio de Janeiro state. Identification was carried out by the Malacology Laboratory of IOC, which acts as the National Reference Laboratory for Schistosomiasis-...
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Data de publicação: 02/07/2024 - 14:50
Global health governance in the context of the 2030 Agenda was the subject of a study that analyzed the accountability of states in relation to the health indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Published in the journal BioMed Central (BMC), the study, conducted by Fiocruz through Fiocruz Strategy for the 2030 Agenda (EFA 2030) researchers Rômulo Paes-Sousa and Ana Luisa Jorge Martins, used the Voluntary National Reviews (...
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Data de publicação: 28/06/2024 - 11:09
Professor Peter Freeman from the University of Manchester (UK) will deliver a seminar at the Fiocruz Scientific Computing Program (PROCC) on a software tool called VariantValidator on 2nd July at 10am. The event, titled "VariantValidator: Standardising variant naming in literature to increase diagnostic rates," will be conducted in English with simultaneous translation into Portuguese and Spanish, streamed on the VideoSaude...
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Data de publicação: 27/06/2024 - 15:43
The Fiocruz Genomics Network has just implemented a new data visualization dashboard on dengue on its website. The dengue dashboard was developed by Fiocruz researchers with expertise in bioinformatics and data science to provide other research groups, journalists, decision-makers and the general population with data on the dengue serotypes and genotypes circulating in Brazil. The dashboard permits the analysis of individual data from all the...
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Data de publicação: 20/06/2024 - 12:35
Researchers from the Climate and Health Observatory of Fiocruz's Institute of Communication and Information in Health (Icict/Fiocruz) warn, in a technical note, of an increased incidence of respiratory diseases (COVID-19, colds and flu and tuberculosis), gastrointestinal diseases (hepatitis A and infectious diarrhea), vector-borne diseases (mainly dengue) and leptospirosis among the population affected by floods in Rio Grande do Sul. Another...
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Data de publicação: 19/06/2024 - 16:36
In a joint initiative, Fiocruz and the French pharmaceutical company Servier announce the winners of the 2nd Fiocruz Servier International Awards, the first in Oncology, in a ceremony on June 13th at the Foundation in Rio de Janeiro. The main aim of the awards is to stimulate the production of knowledge and the development of new therapies and approaches to the treatment of cancer, one of the main causes of death in the country and the world....
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Data de publicação: 19/06/2024 - 16:20
After a difficult selection process in view of the quality of the projects submitted, the three winners of the 2nd Fiocruz Servier International Award, the first in Oncology, were announced last Thursday (6/13). The awards ceremony took place at the Foundation's Manguinhos campus in Rio de Janeiro, highlighting the scientific community that submitted projects and Brazilian research. Among the assessment criteria are the degree of...
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Data de publicação: 14/06/2024 - 12:17
At a meeting with the Vice President of the Republic and Minister of Development, Industry and Commerce Geraldo Alckmin, in Beijing, Sinovac announced that it will invest US$ 100 million in the development of cell therapy, vaccine production and monoclonal antibodies in Brazil. Sinovac and Fiocruz also announced their intention to cooperate in the research and development of vaccines to tackle health crises.
Alckmin celebrated the partnership...
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Data de publicação: 14/06/2024 - 11:52
The “Colloquium: Advances and Perspectives in the Surveillance of Flu Syndromes” organized by the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) brought together experts from Brazil and abroad at PAHO headquarters in Brasília on Monday, 10 June, to identify advances, challenges and solutions related to the surveillance of respiratory viruses of public health importance in Brazil.
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Data de publicação: 12/06/2024 - 16:13
A partnership between researchers from the United Kingdom, Brazil and Ecuador resulted in an article published in the journal Public Health, which analyzes the evolution of 40 health-related indicators linked to the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the two American countries. The research, with the participation of the Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (Cidacs/Fiocruz Bahia), was conducted by the...
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Data de publicação: 07/06/2024 - 12:48
An endangered wild feline species is roaming the Atlantic Forest Fiocruz (FMA) campus, located in Western Rio de Janeiro. The images captured during field research show that the Pedra Branca Forest conservation area has benefited the southern tiger cat (Leopardus guttulus), which is at risk of extinction.
Images captured during field research show the wildcat in the Pedra Branca Forest conservation area (photo: Disclosure)
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