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Bimonthly newsletter of the Fiocruz Global Health Center (Cris/Fiocruz)

January / 2024

Yellow fever: Fiocruz and Anlis sign agreement to produce vaccine in Argentina

The Foundation, through Bio-Manguinhos Institute, signed a Term of Commitment with the National Administration of Laboratories and Institutes of Health Dr. Carlos Malbrán (Anlis), to enable the Argentine institution to produce and supply the yellow fever vaccine in the country

Fioantar to expand operations and strengthen health surveillance in Antarctica

The Fiocruz Antarctic Program proposal, approved in a request for proposals for the next four years, includes an expansion of collection points, an increase in the number of participating Foundation laboratories, a different working methodology, as well as national and international partnerships

Foundation and Chile's Ministry of Health sign agreement for international cooperation

The president of Fiocruz, Mario Moreira, and the Chilean Minister of Health, Ximena Aguilera, signed a Memorandum of Understanding which paves the way for cooperation in education, research and development, as well as communication, information, management and policies in the field of health

Color of rivers in the Amazon may be linked to the incidence of malaria

Fiocruz Amazônia, the Federal University of Amazonas and the French Research Institute for Development carried out a study to assess the relationship between the color of rivers and the incidence of the disease

New Fiocruz agreement with Bayer aims to boost Chagas disease treatment

Foundation, through the Institute of Drug Technology (Farmanguinhos), signed a scientific cooperation agreement to register a generic clone drug for the treatment of Chagas disease with the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa)

Angola and Foundation strengthen cooperation in education

In another step in the history of the partnership with Angola, Fiocruz received a group from the country’s Ministry of Health to continue planning cooperation actions between the institutions, with a focus on training health professionals

Article: Health at the G20 - Countdown and growing expectations

Analysis by João Miguel Estephanio, Pedro Burger, Paulo M. Buss and Mario Moreira on health in countries with the largest economies in the world comes at a time when Brazil assumes the pro tempore presidency of the group

PAHO director receives honorary doctorate from Fiocruz

In a morning of tributes, acknowledgments and commitments to public health, the director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Jarbas Barbosa, was awarded an honorary doctorate from Fiocruz by the Foundation's president

Foundation signs cooperation agreement with Robert Koch Institute in Berlin

Fiocruz's president Mario Moreira signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in Berlin for collaboration in research, surveillance, technological development and innovation

Fiocruz Rondônia, Fundhacre and Charles Mérieux Center for Infectious Diseases strengthen partnerships

To act preventively, the institutions signed a partnership to analyze tests and diagnose these diseases. With this molecular surveillance, it is possible to better understand which viruses are circulating

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