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Fiocruz participates for the first time with a stand at the International AIDS Conference

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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Fiocruz signs agreement for the technological development of radiopharmaceuticals in Brazil

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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Article: We can stop the next pandemic, but only if we act now

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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SUS admissions of babies due to respiratory problems hit a record high in 2023

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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Intentional self-poisoning with medication has increased the number of suicides

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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Fiocruz technology becomes Ministry of Health's strategy for controlling arbovirus

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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Fiocruz coordinates discussions on health at T20

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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Destruction of diversity and health: fires devastate life in the Pantanal and beyond

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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Fiocruz researcher joins G20 scientists' summit

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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Wolbachia Method Biofactory opens in Joinville

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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Report maps Brazil's international cooperation initiatives

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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Fiocruz International News - July 2024

Data de publicação: 05/07/2024 - 11:19

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