Explanation of the Nagoya Protocol on ABS and its implication for microbiology (English)
The U.S. Culture Collection Network (English)
Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on ABS (English)
Access and Benefit-Sharing in Latin America and the Caribbean (English)
24/05/2018
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The new Brazilian legislation on access to the biodiversity (Law 13,123/15 and Decree 8772/16) (English)
The Scienci and Legislative Power in Brazil (Portuguese)
Feature in the Jounal of Science - New Biodiversity Law (Portuguese)
Fulfilling the requirements of the New...
24/05/2018
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Associated with poverty, tuberculosis killed 1.5 million people in 2015. When properly treated, however, it can be prevented and cured. A special story on how to achieve that.
26/03/2018
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Researchers from the Carlos Chagas Institute (ICC/Fiocruz Paraná) developed an innovative technique that assists in the characterization of structures of homodimeric proteins - macromolecules composed of two identical subunits, which can make possible the development of new drugs, besides...
26/03/2018
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The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation has signed an international cooperation agreement with the non-profit organization Apoyonline, which promotes communication, exchange and professional development in the area of heritage preservation in the Americas and in Portuguese and Spanish speaking countries, and...
23/03/2018
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The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, through the Fiocruz Global Health Center, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) held a meeting on December 14 at the Fiocruz Campus, in Rio de Janeiro, to evaluate a scientific partnership. The institutions consider developing...
23/03/2018
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Climate changes such as the destruction of ecosystems, deforestation and urbanization contribute to the increase of several infectious diseases in Brazil, such as pulmonary hantavirus syndrome, dengue fever, yellow fever, malaria, trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis and leptospirosis, a new study found...
22/03/2018
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The decree that regulates the Legal Framework for Science, Technology and Innovation in Brazil was published at the beginning of February in Brasilia. The new rules seek to bring universities closer to companies, making research, scientific and technological development and innovation in the...
22/03/2018
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The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation launched another important initiative to the fight against arbovirus: the course of clinical management of chikungunya in English and Spanish. Open and free, the course is available on the platform of the Virtual Campus for Public Health of the Pan American Health...
22/03/2018
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Interview with epidemiologist and infectologist Rivaldo Venâncio, researcher and coordinator of Health Surveillance and Reference Laboratories of Fiocruz.
22/03/2018
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The Memorandum of Understanding, signed on Monday (Feb 26), establishes foundations for setting up Brazil-China Centers for Research and Prevention of Infectious Diseases
26/02/2018
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At the dawn of 2018, political and health leaders must seize the growing momentum and opportunities to tackle the protracted challenges of access to medicines that undermines efforts to save lives and improve health as committed under the Agenda 2030 SDG by all UN member states.
Over half of the...
31/01/2018
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Fiocruz and the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC/China) have taken a decisive step towards strengthening bilateral cooperation in Science and Technological Development in Health. The president of Fiocruz, Nisia Trindade Lima, and the General-Director of CDC/China,...
31/01/2018
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Fiocruz hosted last November 1st a meeting with a commission of 15 delegates of the European Union (EU) on its campus in Rio de Janeiro. Issues such as the trade agreement between the EU and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), the importance of public investment in science and technology,...
31/01/2018
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The last day of the International Consultation on Science, Technology and Innovation in the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Health-Related Goals gathered international organizations, researchers and representatives of social movements and civil...
29/01/2018
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On 8 December, the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) and The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT) announced that they will be co-funding the Phase III clinical study conducted by the Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium.
This study aims to provide...
29/01/2018
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In 2017, there were more than 275,000 forest fires in the Amazon. But how can fires affect health and increase respiractory diseases? Fiocruz researchers are trying to answer that.
29/01/2018
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Technology, social inclusion and environmental protection must walk together, said participants on the second day of the consultation.
24/01/2018
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Last November, Fiocruz and several UN Agencies promoted the International Consultation on Science, Technology and Innovation in the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda
19/01/2018
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A question still open about yellow fever vaccine 17DD is the duration of its protection to the immunized person. The resolution of that question gains even more importance in populations living in endemic areas, and also because of the outbreak that started in 2017 and is still ongoing in ...
22/11/2017
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Widely used in the treatment of diseases like some cancers such as breast, gastric and bone, monoclonal antibodies also have high potential for application against the zika virus. The evidence was demonstrated in a study led by US scientists, in partnership with the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/...
22/11/2017
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Fiocruz software analyzes how climate change may impact health, vegetation, and socio-economic structures in the Amazon.
21/11/2017
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The Center for Tobacco and Health Studies of the National School of Public Health (Ensp/Fiocruz) launched in October, with the support of the American Cancer Society and Inova-Ensp Program, the supplement Tobacco control in Brazil: the achievements and challenges of a successful policy, at...
21/11/2017
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The Brazilian National Academy of Medicine (ANM) and the Fiocruz Global Health Center (Cris/Fiocruz) promoted the Symposium on Global Health and Health Diplomacy and Brazilian Foreign Policy, on October 17, in Rio de Janeiro. The meeting brought together researchers and professors from the areas of...
21/11/2017
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2030 Agenda: "Without a public, universal, free and quality health system, Brazil will not reach the SDGs", says Fiocruz coordinator Carlos Gadelha
31/10/2017
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