Fiocruz International News - September 2023

PAHO signs two cooperation agreements and pay homage to Fiocruz

The director of the Pan American Health Organization, Jarbas Barbosa, was at the Foundation to sign an agreement to support studies for the development of the mRNA vaccine and another for technical cooperation in Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Scientists decode the complete genome of two vectors of leishmaniasis

An international consortium of scientists, including from Fiocruz, decoded the complete genome of two species of sandflies. The insects had their DNA sequenced for the first time, with the characterization of genes associated with important behaviors in disease transmission

Fiocruz launches Master's Degree in Collective Health for indigenous people
The Leônidas & Maria Deane Institute launched the course in Collective Health aimed exclusively at training indigenous professionals, teachers and researchers from Alto Solimões, as a way to reduce inequality in the most remote regions of Brazil
Public Health Institutes creates an action plan to promote health equity in Latin America
That was the result of the work carried out during the Seminar of the International Association of National Institutes of Public Health (IANPHI) Latin American Network, which took place at the Itaboraí Palace (Itaboraí Forum-Fiocruz Petrópolis)
Fiocruz becomes a reference in Oropouche virus detection protocol
Developed at the Leônidas & Maria Deane Institute, the real-time PCR diagnostic protocol for detecting Oropouche virus will be used by eight Brazilian public laboratories and, in the future, in other American countries
Fiocruz launches platform for innovative technologies
New Innovation Portfolio brings together technologies with high innovative potential for the development of products and services aimed at meeting the health needs of the population
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine seeks to inspire young researchers
William Kaelin Jr. spoke at Bio-Manguinhos Auditorium about his work and his "unlikely journey to Stockholm". He also answered questions from researchers
Foundation and partner institutions develop molecular test for hepatitis Delta
This type of diagnosis is not part of the routine of reference laboratories in Brazil, which makes it difficult to know the real prevalence of the disease
Researchers advocate expansion of arbovirus genomic monitoring
Scientists from 54 countries came together to defend the need to implement a global genomic surveillance for high-impact endemic arboviruses
At a UN event on the 2030 Agenda, Fiocruz presents its actions during the pandemic
Fiocruz co-organized and participated in two parallel events on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda at the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, in New York
Fiocruz Global Health Center (CRIS)