Data de publicação: 24/09/2024 - 13:03
In August, the Graduate Program in Biosciences and Biotechnology at the Carlos Chagas Institute (ICC/Fiocruz Paraná) made significant progress in consolidating its internationalization process. A scientific cooperation agreement was signed between Fiocruz Paraná and Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, in Uruguay. The objectives are to enrich the educational experience of both institutes, promote research of excellence and strengthen...
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Data de publicação: 19/09/2024 - 16:31
On September 6th, Fiocruz received a delegation from the World Bank Group made up of executive directors from several member countries led by the executive director for Brazil. The group, which was on a trip through Brazil, came to the Foundation to learn about its activities and, in particular, more about the Health Biotechnology Industrial Complex (Cibs) project at the Santa Cruz Campus of the Immunobiological Technology Institute (Bio-...
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Data de publicação: 19/09/2024 - 13:30
The Arca Dados, Fiocruz's official research data repository, received the CoreTrustSeal on Thursday (9/12), a seal from the non-profit organization CoreTrust which provides one of the most important international certifications legitimizing the platform as a reliable source. This is the first time that a Brazilian data repository has received the certification. The evaluators, who are part of an international data community, considered...
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Data de publicação: 18/09/2024 - 16:37
The Brazilian president of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the minister of Health, Nísia Trindade Lima, presented the Oswaldo Cruz Medal of Merit on Wednesday (9/11) to 23 people and 10 institutions that have promoted efforts to tackle the drop in vaccination coverage in the country. The work of each of the honorees contributed to removing Brazil from the ranking of the 20 countries with the most unimmunized children,...
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Data de publicação: 16/09/2024 - 12:34
Fiocruz, through its graduate program in Bioethics, Applied Ethics and Collective Health, has become a collaborating member of the Global Health Bioethics Network, coordinated by the Oxford University - becoming the first Latin American institution to join the network, whose members include representatives from Asia and Africa. The coordinator of the Foundation's graduate program in Ethics, Sergio Rego, and the coordinator of the...
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Data de publicação: 12/09/2024 - 09:59
After three days of meetings in Rio de Janeiro, representatives from National Public Health Institutes (NPHIs) produced a draft that will form the basis of a declaration to the G20 Health Ministers, to be approved in the coming days. As they bid farewell to Brazil, two key points were established: they urge the G20 ministers to support the organization of future events like this NPHI Conference and to back the IANPHI Roadmap for Health and...
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Data de publicação: 10/09/2024 - 15:34
The Leônidas e Maria Deane Institute (ILMD/Fiocruz Amazônia) was visited by seven of the ten ambassadors from Southeast Asian countries that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The purpose of the visit was to get to know the institution with a view to prospecting future cooperation with Fiocruz, more specifically on the subject of tropical diseases, as well as exchanges of researchers, given the similarities...
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Data de publicação: 10/09/2024 - 15:15
Silent, Delta hepatitis (HDV) has been worrying Fiocruz researchers and health authorities in riverside communities located in the southern region of Amazonas, where a team of researchers from Fiocruz Rondônia's Molecular Virology Laboratory and health professionals from Lábrea-AM traveled last June. On the banks of the Purus River, the city of 45,000 inhabitants – 407 km from Porto Velho and 850 km from Manaus – has...
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Data de publicação: 10/09/2024 - 15:10
The Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/Fiocruz) has detected, for the first time in the world, the contamination of sharks by cocaine and its metabolite, benzoylecgonium. The data draws attention to the high quantity of the drug that is consumed in the city and discharged into the sea via sanitary sewage. Conducted by the IOC's Environmental Health Assessment and Promotion Laboratory, the study identified the presence of cocaine in 13 animals of...
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Data de publicação: 10/09/2024 - 13:19
As a vital part of health systems, the National Public Health Institutes (NPHIs) are meeting for the first time within the context of the G20 from Monday to Wednesday (September 9-11) at the Rio Othon Palace in Rio de Janeiro. Co-organized by Fiocruz, the International Association of National Public Health Institutes (Ianphi), and the Brazilian Ministry of Health, with support from Africa CDC, the G20 National Health Institutes Conference...
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Data de publicação: 06/09/2024 - 15:52
On Friday (8/30), Fiocruz awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa to ambassador Celso Amorim, head of the Special Adviser to the President of the Republic. The eighth person to receive the honor from the Foundation, Amorim was recognized for his work in health diplomacy. The ceremony took place in the Virginia Schall Science Tent at Fiocruz headquarters, in Rio de Janeiro, and was broadcast on the institution's YouTube channel.
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Data de publicação: 05/09/2024 - 10:14
The Foundation launched the Fiocruz Certification Program for Human Milk Banks (PCFioBLH) internationally last Monday (9/2). in Brasília. This is a strategic action by the institution, together with the Ministry of Health and the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC/MRE), aimed at strengthening the scientific, productive, technological, managerial and quality assurance capabilities of the Global Network of Human Milk Banks. The initiative...
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Data de publicação: 29/08/2024 - 11:04
Fiocruz has taken a significant step by institutionally recognizing the Virus Collection of the Biodiversity and Health Biobank (CVBBS), which is made up of viral strains and will be augmented with material from various regions of the country. It became official this month, following approval by the Technical Chamber for Biological Collections (CTcol/Fiocruz) and the updating of Ordinance No. 14 of 2023. The material can be accessed by scholars...
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Data de publicação: 23/08/2024 - 12:48
The economic impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to slow down the pace of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that make up the 2030 Agenda. This is the finding of a study by Fiocruz Minas, which investigated the evolution of 43 health-related indicators in 185 countries and made a projection of their performance for the period between 2021 and 2030, based on economic growth forecasts before and after the...
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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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