Data de publicação: 22/11/2017 - 12:10
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/Fiocruz) and the University of São Paulo (USP), published on October 4, in the international journal Science Translational Medicine. Despite the...
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Data de publicação: 21/11/2017 - 15:14
Temperature increase of up to 5°C, 25% reduction in total annual precipitation volume, and 36% increase in the number of consecutive days without rain. When associated with data on health, population, vegetation, occurrence of extreme events and socio-economic structures, these scenarios allow us to define which municipalities in the State of Amazonas, in the Amazon, will be more vulnerable to climate change.
The ...
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Data de publicação: 21/11/2017 - 14:50
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 the journal Cadernos de Saúde Pública. The special publication features 18 previously unpublished articles by national and...
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Data de publicação: 21/11/2017 - 14:40
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 health and international relations, in addition to having a conference of ambassador and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Celso Amorim....
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Data de publicação: 31/10/2017 - 12:11
The role of the health sector in the development of the country and the challenges posed to Brazil by the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations were on the the order of the day at Fiocruz, on September 11 and 12, during the seminar Health, Environment and Sustainable Development, promoted by the Brasil Saúde Amanhã Network. In an interview, the economist Carlos Gadelha, Coordinator of Prospecting Actions of Fiocruz, analyzes the global...
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Data de publicação: 31/10/2017 - 11:05
Two years ago, the member states of the United Nations (UN) requested the Secretary-General of the organization to prepare a report on globalization and the Sustainable Development Goals, by believing that, although globalization could have contributed to some economic growth, it has certainly not fulfilled its promise to foster an equitable growth or a sustainable development in an universal scale. The UNS Secretariat response came in the...
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Data de publicação: 11/09/2017 - 11:14
A delegation from the Argentine Department of Health was at Fiocruz in last July 19th with the aim to evaluate a strategic cooperation agreement, especially in the field of production of pharmaceuticals. Over the course of several meetings, the group assessed possibilities of partnership in fields such as yellow fever vaccine, coordinated use of capacities for the production of reagents and diagnostic kits, production of medicines and the...
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Data de publicação: 11/09/2017 - 11:06
Fiocruz scientists in Pernambuco have discovered a substance capable of blocking the production of zika virus in epithelial and neural cells. The finding was published in the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents and shows antiviral activity of the substance 6-methyl mercaptopurine riboside (6MMPr) against the zika virus type circulating in Brazil.
The cells are marked in blue color, and infected cells are marked in...
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Data de publicação: 06/09/2017 - 14:37
Despite an ocean of distance, Brazil and Mozambique have been working together to train a generation of new African scientists dedicated to local health issues for almost a decade. The International Cooperation Program for Postgraduate Studies in Health Sciences is the result of a partnership between Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) and the National Institute of Health of Mozambique (INS). The initiative, which offers Master's and PhD...
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Data de publicação: 06/09/2017 - 14:27
Professionalization, financial sustainability and internationalization are the main challenges of Brazilian journals, mainly in the area of the history of science and health, according to scientific editor of the journal História, Ciências, Saúde – Manguinhos, Marcos Cueto. He drew a panorama of scientific publication in the area in Brazil for an audience of editors of scientific journals from different nationalities...
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Data de publicação: 06/09/2017 - 14:24
In recent decades, Brazil has implemented a successful program aimed at training of highly qualified human resources.
According to information from the Center for Management and Strategic Studies, we observed a significant increase in the number of PhDs graduated between 1997 and 2014, from 3,500 to 16,729 doctors / year. In this context, it is worth noting the importance of the Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciação...
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Data de publicação: 06/09/2017 - 14:16
The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation and the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI), an organization specialized in education, science and culture that brings together Iberian and Latin American countries, have signed a protocol of technical cooperation intentions on August 7 at the Fiocruz’s headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. The document aims to develop joint programs and scientific exchange, encouraging actions in the fields of...
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Data de publicação: 06/09/2017 - 14:05
The 2004 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Aaron Ciechanover, was at Fiocruz on August 11th to have two conversations with students, researchers and the public at large. The Israeli biochemist shared lessons from over 40 years of work and offered suggestions and thoughts on research methods, professional ethics and the current state of international science.
Aaron Ciechanover was received in Manguinhos by the President of Fiocruz, N...
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Data de publicação: 05/09/2017 - 15:21
Applications are open until September 29 for the selection process of the Master of Science Program in Clinical Research in Infectious Diseases of The National Institute of Infectology Evandro (INI/Fiocruz). The course aims to train high education professors and Master's Degree investigators qualified for the development of Clinical Research in Infectious Diseases (clinical-operational, clinical-behavioral, clinical-environmental and...
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Data de publicação: 31/07/2017 - 22:33
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Data de publicação: 31/07/2017 - 11:41
A study led by the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/Fiocruz) in partnership with the Pasteur Institute in France points to the potential of re-emergence of the urban transmission of yellow fever in Brazil, reinforcing the importance of preventive measures such as vaccination and vector control. In laboratory, scientists measured the efficacy of urban and wild mosquitoes in Rio de Janeiro with regards to the potential of transmitting the yellow...
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Data de publicação: 31/07/2017 - 11:30
Ambulatorio Souza Araujo [Souza Araujo Ambulatory], a care unit that provides care to patients with Hansen's disease within the sphere of the Unified Health System (SUS), and Laboratório de Hanseníase [Hansen's Disease Laboratory], both linked to the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/Fiocruz), remain in line with international standards of excellence. The recognition was evaluated by the Joint Commission International (JCI...
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Data de publicação: 31/07/2017 - 11:14
During the next five years, researchers Letícia Cardoso, from the National School of Public Health (Ensp/Fiocruz), and Fátima Pina, from the Institute of Communication and Scientific and Technological Information in Health (Icict/Fiocruz), will be committed to answer the following question: can cities in Latin America be healthier? The question is raised on the basis of the international project Building healthier, equitable and...
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Data de publicação: 28/07/2017 - 16:38
One year and a half after the start of the international health emergency of microcephaly related to congenital zika virus infection, a new study coordinated by specialists from the National Institute of Women, Children and Adolescents Health Fernandes Figueira (IFF/Fiocruz) found that ocular abnormalities can be the only initial finding of infants whose mothers were infected during pregnancy. According to researchers, the finding...
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Data de publicação: 28/07/2017 - 16:22
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 four main characteristics of the history of health in Latin America, according to one of its greatest experts, Peruvian historian Marcos Cueto,...
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Data de publicação: 28/07/2017 - 14:43
A delegation of health and genomics experts from China visited the Fiocruz campus in Rio de Janeiro, in the last week of June, to discuss future scientific partnerships between Brazil and the Asian country. In several appointments, meetings and lectures, the two parties discussed areas of mutual interest, getting closer to a scientific cooperation agreement.
In a special session jointly organized by the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/...
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Data de publicação: 28/07/2017 - 14:35
The HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (ImPrEP) project in Brazil, Mexico and Peru, was officially launched with a ceremony held on July 12 at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation campus in Rio de Janeiro. Coordinated by the National Institute of Infectology Evandro Chagas (INI/Fiocruz), the project aims to contribute to the implementation of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) as a strategy for HIV prevention in the three countries, focusing on population groups...
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