The Nuffield Bioethics Council issued a Call for Action for research funders, governments and others.
31/01/2020
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Fiocruz was the only Latin-American representative in the event and oversaw its Health axis.
16/12/2019
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The National Institute for Quality Control in Health (INCQS/Fiocruz) participated of the 3rd General Meeting of the WHO-National Control Laboratory Network for Biologicals, in Johannesburg, South Africa.
16/12/2019
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Paulo Carvalho was one of the two winners of the Pasteur Network Talent 2019 award that acknowledges researchers with high scientific potential and international leadership.
16/12/2019
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World Mosquito Program project lead to a reduction of arbovirus-caused diseases in four countries where Aedes aegypti with Wolbachia were released.
16/12/2019
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Clinical trials coordinated by Fiocruz proved that the new drug shortens treatment time, which helps increase patience compliance.
12/12/2019
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Nutrition students and professionals of the city of Beira, in the province of Sofala, took part in a training course on anthropometric measurements and in field interviews.
12/12/2019
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The delegation was in Brazil for prospection meetings involving the areas of health and life sciences.
11/12/2019
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During workshop hosted by Fiocruz, institutions joined forces on the development of research collaborations
09/12/2019
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Fiocruz shared its expertise on health and knowledge production during the event in Nairobi.
09/12/2019
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"Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change" shows that climate changes can have lifelong consequences that will affect an entire generation.
06/12/2019
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The Bank was opened in Luanda, Angola, and it is the result of a technical cooperation project coordinated by Fiocruz.
06/12/2019
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The new space, a partnership with University of Oxford, will feature virtual courses, information and news about Fiocruz.
02/12/2019
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Brazil has the largest and most complex Milk Bank Network in the world, coordinated by Fiocruz, which will serve as a reference for Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.
18/11/2019
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Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), the University of the Republic of Uruguay (UdelaR) and Pasteur Institute of Montevideo signed a memorandum of understanding for future partnerships between the institutions. The meeting was held at UdelaR’s headquarters in Montevideo, on October 28.
The...
18/11/2019
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After a pause of more than two years in the export of yellow fever vaccines, Brazil has resumed its installed capacity, by means of Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), to meet 100% of the national demand as well as to sell to other countries. Between 2017 and 2018, the country suspended its exports...
30/10/2019
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The Symposium "A Health Cooperation Agenda" marked Fiocruz's 120th anniversary celebration and the 80th anniversary of CNRS.
30/10/2019
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The partnership has established as a goal the reduction of preventable maternal deaths to zero by 2030 and plans to implement a Reference Center for Maternal Health of the ICPD at Fiocruz.
25/10/2019
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Patricia Brasil, head of INI’s Clinical Research Laboratory on Acute Febrile Ilnesses, was invited by Nature Medicine to write a profile describing her scientific path for the October issue of the journal. With the title Never shy from infectious-disease mysteries, the profile describes the...
25/10/2019
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The cooperation plans to involve teaching, research and technological development in partnership with clinical centers in Latin America.
25/10/2019
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The growth of unemployment associated with the reduction of public investments in health and social programs increased the mortality rate among adults in Brazil in the period of 2012 to 2017. The finding is a study conducted by Fiocruz, University of London and Fundação Getulio Vargas...
25/10/2019
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The history of global health and of the World Health Organization (WHO) is often told by the few voices that are in positions of command. However, the multilateral historical perspective and research in human sciences can contribute with new discoveries that challenge the idea that global health...
22/10/2019
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The 1st Brics Workshop on Human Milk Bank, held in Brasilia from August 28th to August 30th, resulted in the construction of an international agenda and a commitment signature to mobilize efforts to expand and share knowledge and technologies focused on food and neonata nutritional safety; and...
15/10/2019
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The report gathers evidence of the relationship between health and social factors, such as socioeconomic class, ethnic group, gender, sexual orientation, disability, migrant situation.
15/10/2019
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In a study coordinated by the Institute of Scientific and Technological Communication and Information in Health (Icict), Fiocruz has mapped the impact of fires on children’s health in the Amazon region. The survey concluded that in the areas most affected by the fire, the number of children...
15/10/2019
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