This is the second facility in Africa following the Brazilian model: Cape Verde has one BMB operating since 2011.
16/11/2018
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On August 28th, the national secretary of Social Articulation, Henrique Villa, was at Fiocruz to attend Sala de Convidados (Guest Room) show, in Canal Saúde(Fiocruz Open Channel on Health). The show discussed implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda in Brazil. Villa is currently the executive...
16/10/2018
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What are the structural factors generating health inequalities in the Americas? How should governments act to overcome such inequalities? To answer these questions, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) gathered twelve experts to set up the Commission on Equity and Health...
16/10/2018
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Created in 2015, the 2030 Agenda gathers UN targets for sustainable development. Health is a transversal target and is covered by all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but addressed specifically in Goal 3. The nine targets part of this SDG were analyzed on a new report of the Health System...
16/10/2018
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This is the third Memorandum of Understanding signed between Fiocruz and Chinese scientific institutions, and represents another step in cooperation between these two developing countries.
16/10/2018
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The International Mixed Lab (LMI Sentinel) will work to fight vector-borne diseases in Amazon border regions. It is an initiative of the French Research Institute for Development (IRD) together with Fiocruz and University of Brasilia.
16/10/2018
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Fiocruz was redesignated as Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Collaborating Center for Public Health and the Environment. The Foundation became a Collaborating Center in Public Health and the Environment in 2010 and this is its redesignation agenda, valid until 2022. The Center is now led...
15/10/2018
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Every time the topic of congenital malformation caused by Aedes aegypti is brought up, we think of microcephaly caused by zika virus. But, according to new scientific findings, dengue fever, spread by the same well-known vector in Brazil, can increase the chances of neurological problems...
15/10/2018
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A study conducted by Fiocruz Pernambuco reveals how zika virus got to Brazil, filling a gap in the literature addressing this topic. Among the most frequent hypotheses, the virus was believed to have been introduced in Brazil during the 2014 World Cup (June 12th to July 13th), brought by African...
15/10/2018
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The Global Sustainable Technology and Innovation Conference series, G-STIC, will take place in Brussels, in November.
15/10/2018
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The finding was made by scientists at the Institut Oswaldo Cruz and the Institut Pasteur. Tiger mosquitoe is an opportunistic species, capable of colonizing both urban and fore
27/09/2018
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It was the first time Abrascão was held at Fiocruz. With the theme, “Strengthen the Unified Health System (SUS), rights and democracy”, the event had Michelle Bachelet and Michael Marmot among guest speakers.
15/08/2018
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Beatriz Grinsztejn, head of the Laboratory of Clinical Research on Aids and STDs at Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases (INI/Fiocruz), has taken office as a Governing Council Member for Latin America and the Caribbean at the International AIDS Society (IAS). Founded in...
15/08/2018
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Since the health emergency related to zika virus in Latin America between 2015 and 2016, scientists investigate possible correlations between virus infection and the development of neurological manifestations such as Guillain-Barré syndrome and congenital zika syndrome, which includes...
15/08/2018
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Dengue puts a quarter of the world's population under health risks, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). A study indicates that healthcare for pregnant women infected with dengue should be even greater, because the risk of death is three times higher than in pregnant women without...
15/08/2018
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The king and his entourage visited the Foundation on June to attend the Brazil-Nigeria Colloquium. At the occasion, it was also discussed possible scientific cooperation between the two countries.
15/08/2018
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Based on infrared chemical analysis, the technique is simple, has a high accuracy rate and dispenses the use of reagent. It can also reduce the costs in monitoring zika's presence in mosquitoes up to 116 times.
15/08/2018
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A US$ 600,000 investment was announced at Fiocruz. With the resources, an innovative diagnosis will be tested in the Amazonian population, improving the current treatment of P. vivax malaria.
15/08/2018
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Former president of Chile gave a lecture on the opening ceremony of the 12th Brazilian Congress on Collective Health about "Rights and democracy: universal and public health systems"
14/08/2018
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A study by the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), published in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (one of the most respected in the world in neglected diseases) questions the division of countries between industrialized, developing...
14/08/2018
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The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation is the new member of the International Consortium for Personalized Medicine (ICPerMed). Fiocruz is the first Latin American institution to join the consortium, which brings together more than 30 public and private health financing and research agencies from European...
14/08/2018
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The 1st Academic Meeting of Brazil-China Center for Research and Prevention of Infectious Diseases (IDRPC) marked another step in the partnership between the two countries, which began last year.
14/08/2018
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Fiocruz Global Health Center (Cris/Fiocruz) was renamed as a Collaborating Center for Global Health and South-South Cooperation of the World Health Organization (WHO) on June.
A Collaborating Center of WHO is an institution designated by the Director-General of the institution to integrate an...
14/08/2018
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The agreement was signed on June in Paris and it updates the centennial partnership between the two traditional institutions.
14/08/2018
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The Memorandum of Understanding of the Brazil-China cientific partnership was signed in February, in Shenzhen.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences and Fiocruz scientists will hold their first academic workshop after the signing ceremony that laid the grounds for the creation of the...
18/07/2018
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