Repeated discontinuities, tendencies to think in the short term to contain emergencies only, a sometimes tense and sometimes complementary relationship between different cultures, and in the midst of it, a series of practices and efforts to create an inclusive and egalitarian health: these are the...
28/07/2017
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Chinese delegation of health and genomics experts visitsed the Fiocruz campus in Rio de Janeiro. Genomics and global health emergencies are among the priorities.
28/07/2017
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The project aims to contribute to the implementation of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) as a strategy for HIV prevention in Brazil, Mexico, and Peru, focusing on population groups most exposed to the virus.
28/07/2017
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Fiocruz, along with more than 100 Brazilian and international organizations, published an open letter in late May defending policies aimed at reducing drug-related harm, rather than repressive and violent approaches.
The document is named "The Letter from Manguinhos," a...
29/06/2017
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Two colloquiums at the Fiocruz campus in May discussed public health formation and the role of forming institutions in the governance of health services, programs, and systems in Brazil and Cuba.
Public health teachers, directors, and students of institutions in...
23/06/2017
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The zika virus infection, antimicrobial resisntance (AMR), international support to fight yellow fever, and the 2030 Agenda were among the subjects discussed by Fiocruz in Geneve.
22/06/2017
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Almost 130 years after the abolition of slavery in Brazil, racial inequality remains structurally rooted in the country. The mortality rate due to conditions sensitive to primary care (avoidable deaths) is between 17% and 23% higher in Brazilians who self-declared to be black or pardos. However,...
21/06/2017
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The zika virus was already circulating in Brazil in the first quarter of 2014, more than one year before infection cases were detected in the country, according to new data from an international study, revealed in Nature, conducted by Fiocruz researchers in partnership with the Broad Institute and...
14/06/2017
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The Fiocruz Pernambuco researcher Celina Turchi was selected as one of the one hundred most influent persons in the world at the traditional annual list.
25/05/2017
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Study indicates that malnutrition may aggravate leishmaniasis
25/05/2017
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A golden lion tamarin was photographed in the Atlantic Forest Fiocruz Biological Station, a campus for biodiversity research
19/05/2017
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Researchers of Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/Fiocruz), in partnership with the Institute of Scientific and Technological Research of the State of Amapá (Iepa), developed an innovative trap for the collection of mosquitoes, especially anophelines, that transmit malaria. The innovation...
02/05/2017
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Nísia Trindade Lima, president of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, participated in a meeting held at the British Council Brazil, in March 7, in Brasília, for the official presentation of the four Fiocruz projects approved by the Public Notice Institutional Links Zika Virus. During the...
02/05/2017
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Representatives of Oswaldo Cruz Foundation met with a delegation of the European Union (EU) on the end of March at the Fiocruz's headquarters in Rio to discuss possible cooperation partnerships on antimicrobial resistance.
The delegation was led by the European Commissioner for Health...
02/05/2017
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Meeting at the Fiocruz's headquarters in Rio gathers Brazilian and French managers and researchers
02/05/2017
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In December 2015 a yellow fever epidemic began in the outskirts of Luanda, capital and largest city of Angola. It quickly spread to the country's 18 provinces, which in that month alone recorded 360 deaths due to the disease. Given this scenario, and seen the outbreak spread to neighboring...
02/05/2017
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The greatest outbreak of yellow fever in 70 years brings back the risk of a new urban introduction of the disease
02/05/2017
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'The health sector needs to work in coordination with other sectors, ensuring free access to quality services that lead to health promotion and education', said Nísia Trindade
02/05/2017
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Nísia Trindade Lima is the first woman to win the chair in 116 years
04/01/2017
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The series brings together researchers and policy makers with the goal to demonstrate how understanding the history of health could provide answers to the challenges of today and help shape a healthier future for everyone, especially those most in need
15/04/2016
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The brazilian net of human milk bank was recently mencioned in an article from the britain journal The Guardian. The article “Western donors could learn from Brazil's new brand of development aid” is about the success of the brazilian international cooperation foccused on south-...
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