Fiocruz International News - July 2021

Fiocruz signs COVID-19 vaccine Technology Transfer agreement
The contract with AstraZeneca formalizes the knowledge transfer to speed up the production of the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient locally, at Bio-Manguinhos
Online seminar emphasizes challenges for the global health agenda in 2021
The webinar gathered eight debaters from different countries to discuss the impacts of COVID-19 in multilateral mechanisms, access to vaccines and inequities
New research suggests higher risk of reinfection by the Delta variant
The study published in Cell scientific journal suggests that blood serum from people previously infected with other strains is less potent against this variant first detected in India
Article: The impacts of climate change on homeless populations after the pandemic
Homeless populations were among the groups that suffered the most from COVID-19 and will continue to struggle with the new health crises associated with other events such as the climate crisis
COVID-19 Observatory highlights high rates of maternal mortality
Fiocruz Bulletin points out that Brazil has a high number of deaths among pregnant and postpartum women and a mortality rate of 7.2%, more than double the country general rate (2.8%)
Study confirms effectiveness of Wolbachia Method against dengue fever
The results showed a reduction of 77% of cases of dengue fever in areas that received the Aedes aegypti mosquito with the bacteria
COVID-19: research investigates the evolution of lethality worldwide
Using physics approaches and information theory techniques, researchers found evidence to support efficiency of measures such as the use of face masks, social distancing and mass testing
Seminar highlights the difficulties and potentials for South-South cooperation
Cooperation between the so-called Global South countries took a hard hit during the pandemic, said ambassador María del Carmen Squeff
E-learning: Course on speech therapy is now available at the Global Health Training Center
The course was developed by the National Institute of Women, Children and Adolescents Health Fernandes Figueira (IFF/Fiocruz) and aimed at speech therapists and other health workers. Available in English, Spanish and Portuguese
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