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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The role of health diplomacy in the political process of integration in Latin America and the Caribbean was the subject of a paper by Fiocruz researchers Paulo Buss and Sebatián Tobar, published on the April issue of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia on Global Public Health.
"While...
14/06/2018
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Cutbacks to social programmes in Brazil could lead to more avoidable childhood hospitalisations and deaths compared to maintaining current funding. The findings come from new research, published on May in the journal PLOS Medicine and led by researchers at Imperial College London, Fiocruz and...
12/06/2018
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What is the situation of the families of children affected by zika virus more than two years after the epidemic in Brazil? What social dimensions of the disease were ignored, and how to remove them from invisibility? How is discussion about the virus inseparable from a debate on women's...
11/06/2018
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The results of the National Survey on Prevalence of Schistosomiasis Mansoni and Geohelminthiasis, a study conducted by Fiocruz Minas under the coordination of researcher Naftale Katz, show a reduction in the number of cases of these diseases throughout the country. The rate of positivity for...
11/06/2018
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Patrícia Brasil was awarded for her study on pregnant women after infection with the Zika virus and neonatal complications. She is the first brazilian to win the prize.
11/06/2018
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Councilwoman and human rights defender, Marielle Franco was executed in Rio de Janeiro on March 14.
11/06/2018
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Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that carry Wolbachia bacteria have the reduced ability to transmit Mayaro arbovirus. The finding is in an article published in the latest issue of the online scientific journal Scientific Reports, which integrates the Nature group and covers all areas of natural sciences....
11/06/2018
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