Fiocruz International News - November 2023

Foundation begins pandemic intelligence work in partnership with WHO

The World Health Organization Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence is based in the German capital. According to president Mario Moreira, Fiocruz can contribute to the development of surveillance tools and the preparation of information systems in countries that lack consistent databases

Foundation celebrates eight decades of the Human Milk Bank
The Brazilian experience, led by IFF/Fiocruz, has become a world reference model and is the basis for the creation of similar programs in countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, the Iberian Peninsula, Africa and also in the Brics
Colorectal cancer mortality in Latin America grows 20.5% in thirty years
The study of Ensp/Fiocruz, National Cancer Institute (Inca) and University of California San Diego showed an increase from 1990 to 2019, in the opposite direction of the global trend
Fiocruz, Fundhacre and Mérieux sign a tripartite cooperation protocol
The document establishes collaboration in the area of research, training and qualification of SUS professionals, in addition to reinforcing diagnosis and the epidemiological and molecular surveillance
Climate, Environmental and Health Data Platform is launched
This is a megastructure for studies on the interaction between health and climate, considering the Brazilian continental territory and the vast diversity of climate and ecosystems, with socioeconomic, geographic
With the participation of Fiocruz, Brazil and Angola strengthen cooperation ties in health
The vice-president of Education, Information and Communication (Vpeic/Fiocruz), Cristiani Machado, was in Luanda and participated in activities aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation in ​​health
Study shows an increase in suicide among young indigenous people in the Amazonas and Mato Grosso do Sul
Researchers from Fiocruz and Harvard University carried out the first national study assessing suicide among indigenous and non-indigenous people in Brazil