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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Data de publicação: 04/07/2024 - 07:38
PROCC develops and manages health surveillance initiatives, using advanced platforms and innovative technologies to monitor and analyse epidemiological and genomic data. Find out more about our main initiatives and their impact:
1. Infogripe
Infogripe is an essential platform for monitoring Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Launched in 2017, the platform provides alert levels and trend analysis based on data from the Notifiable...
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Data de publicação: 04/07/2024 - 07:38
Coordination: Ernesto Raul Caffarena
Administrative support: Ana Lucia Teixeira
Contact: (21) 3836-1100
Alexandra Ribeiro Mendes de Almeida
PhD in Interdisciplinary Research in Substance Use - University of California San Diego/USA
Currículo lattes - Almeida, A. R. M.
Contato: alexandra.almeida@fiocruz.br
Aline Araújo Nobre
PhD in Statistics - Federal University of Rio de...
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Data de publicação: 04/07/2024 - 07:38
Find out more about our lines of research:
Quantitative methods applied to Biology and Public Health
Public Health Surveillance:
Epidemiological Surveillance
Molecular epidemiological Surveillance
Modelling applied to surveillance
Genomic Surveillance
Monitoring the evolution and spread of viruses and bacteria that cause infectious diseases
Tracking antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
Development of the...
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Data de publicação: 04/07/2024 - 07:37
Find out about the postgraduate programmes in which our researchers work as permanent and collaborating professors, including the Programme in Computational Biology and Systems (IOC/Fiocruz) and the Postgraduate Programme in Public Health Epidemiology (ENSP/Fiocruz).
Programme in Computational Biology and Systems - IOC
The Postgraduate Stricto Sensu Programme in Computational Biology and Systems at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (PGBCS/...
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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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