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: 02/10/2024 - 12:17
The Itaboraí Forum: Politics, Science and Culture in Health/Fiocruz Petrópolis is moving forward with the Multicentric project, an initiative that aims to apply Social Technology tools to reduce social inequalities as a determinant of health inequities in five vulnerable Latin American countries. Representatives from the National Public Health Institutes of Argentina, El Salvador and Mexico and from the Latin American School of...
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Data de publicação: 11/10/2024 - 15:36
Brazil was the 20th country certified by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem and the Institute of Drug Technology (Farmanguinhos/Fiocruz) played a key role in this achievement, as the only supplier of the drug used in the treatment registered in Brazil. Diethylcarbamazine 50mg was developed by the Institute and first registered in 1996, and it has been distributed throughout...
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Data de publicação: 01/10/2024 - 11:16
A project developed by researchers from the Leônidas and Maria Deane Institute (Fiocruz Amazônia) and the René Rachou Institute (Fiocruz Minas), in collaboration with the Municipal Health Department of Belo Horizonte, shows that the "auto-dissemination" of larvicides by urban mosquitoes can help control diseases transmitted by these same mosquitoes, such as dengue. The project distributed an average of 2,500 "...
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Data de publicação: 09/10/2024 - 10:38
A study by Fiocruz Bahia used text mining to extract unstructured data from a Long-COVID research conducted at a university hospital in São Paulo. The aim of the work is to contribute to a deeper understanding of this chronic condition and its implications for global health systems. The model developed has potential for application in other healthcare settings, supporting broader research efforts and clinical decision-making for patients...
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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: 02/10/2024 - 16:20
Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health (ENSP/Fiocruz), through the International Cooperation Advisory and the SUS (the Brazilian national public health system) Observatory, will host an international seminar from October 3rd to 4th, 2024, to discuss the health systems of Brazil and France.
The event will focus on territorial governance and Primary Health Care, bringing together experts and researchers from both countries to share...
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Data de publicação: 02/10/2024 - 14:01
Research led by Fiocruz has shown that the recent outbreak of Oropouche fever in the Amazon region, the widest ever recorded, was caused by a new viral strain, called 'OROV BR-2015-2024'. The peer-reviewed article was published in the prestigious international scientific journal Nature Medicine on an accelerated basis to allow early access to the findings. The final edited version of the paper will soon be published in the journal....
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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: 26/09/2024 - 16:37
A technology for the manufacturing of low-cost, open-source 3D bioprinters, developed by the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/Fiocruz) in collaboration with Veiga de Almeida University (UVA), may soon reach the market. 3D bioprinting allows for creating artificial biological tissues with potential applications in biomedical research, human and animal health, and even in the food industry.
A bio-printer can produce three-dimensional structures...
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 02/10/2024 - 11:16
We are currently entering a new frontier of knowledge, in which tackling chronic-degenerative diseases, associated with increased life expectancy, has become an undeniable priority. Many current cancer drugs, for example, are subject to failures, relapses and unwanted side effects such as cardiotoxicity and nephrotoxicity. However, with the advent of biological therapies and, more recently, advanced therapies, we are witnessing a real revolution...
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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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