Exibindo 2101 - 2130 de 2728
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 clinical data and support for registration of a new praziquantel (PZQ) tablet formulation to treat schistosomiasis in preschool-aged children in sub-Saharan Africa. The Institute of Drug Technology (Farmanguinhos/Fiocruz) will be the partner responsible for producing this drug against…
Article
The year of 2004 was marked by the 270,295 forest fires in Brazil (– the peak number for forest fires in the 21st century. At the time, there were 145,251 seats of fire in the Amazon biome alone, which accounts for approximately 40% of the national territory occupied by the States of Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, and Roraima, as well as parts of Maranhão, Tocantins and Mato Grosso.
According to data from the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe, in portuguese) Fire Monitoring Satellite Program, there were 275,120 forest fires throughout the Brazilian territory in 2017, a 1.78…
Article
"Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) in the health sector must incorporate the foundations of social inclusion, the appropriate use of natural resources and the integration of policies to achieve effectiveness in their interventions". With these words, the manager of the area of Sustainable Development and Environmental Health of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and international adviser of the Fiocruz Global Health Center, Luiz Augusto Galvão, made the balance of the conclusions of the second day of the international consultation on science, technology and innovation in…
Article
On the last November 6, 7 and 8, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA); the UNDP World Centre for Sustainable Development (RIO+ Centre) and Fiocruz promoted the International Consultation on Science, Technology and Innovation in the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Health-Related Goals. The meeting brought together government and UN Officials, researchers, and representatives of civil society, providing a diverse picture of the opportunities and challenges of the UN document.
The discussions involved points such as what policies…
Article
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 Brazil. More than a theoretical debate, the answer to that question materializes in the definition of a vaccination schedule (the single dose recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) or two doses, reinforced after 10 years, as it was recently practiced in Brazil?) and, in the case of Institute…
Article
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 refined technique of producing monoclonal antibodies, the idea is simple: when introduced into the body, they were able to fight against zika virus, with high…
Article
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 diagnosis is made from a technological innovation, a software named Climate Vulnerability System (Sistema de Vulnerabilidade Climática — SisVuClima),…
Article
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 international authors on the advances in tobacco control policies following the ratification of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2005…
Article
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.
Presentations and debates covered a range of topics from international issues on intellectual property and patents to the own concept of global health, including…
Article
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 and national contexts and asserts: “The Unified Health System (SUS) and the Economic and Industrial Complex of Health (CEIS) are the preconditions – or the…
Article
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 form of the document Fulfilling the promise of globalization: advancing sustainable development in an interconnected world, appraised at the 72nd…
Article
Com o título Avaliação do desempenho do sistema nas Regiões de Saúde a partir da metodologia do Proadess, o Centro de Estudos do Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde (Icict/Fiocruz) realiza mais um seminário. Desta vez, no dia 31 de outubro de 2017, das 9h30 às 12h30, na Sala Multimídia do Icict.
Segundo Ricardo Dantas, coordenador do Centro de Estudos, o evento é voltado para pesquisadores e estudantes que se interessam por temas como desempenho do SUS, políticas em saúde, regionalização e outras temáticas relacionadas. “Serão apresentados não só os novos…
Article
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 organization of a joint symposium on technoscience development in the health care field between both countries, among others.
Brazilian and Argentine…
Article
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 green color. Observe the reduction of infected cells in both while increasing the dose of 6MMPr
The investigator Lindomar Pena, who coordinates the study,…
Article
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 degrees in Stricto Sensu Postgraduate Programs at Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC/Fiocruz) graduated more 14 students in July. With that, it has added more than 40…
Article
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 gathered in Rio de Janeiro for the symposium "21st Century Challenges for Journals of the History of Science and Medicine, held last Monday (July 24). Organized by Cueto and by…
Article
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 Científica [Institutional Scholarship Program for Scientific Initiation] (Pibic) for the training of young investigators from undergraduate courses.
The qualitative and…
Article
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 health, science, technology and social development.
""This agreement puts us in order to walk together", said Nísia Trindade Lima. (Photo: Peter Ilicciev)
The…
Article
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, Nísia Trindade Lima (Photos: Peter Ilicciev - CCS/Fiocruz)
Alongside researchers Avram Hershko and Irwin A. Rose, from Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia (…
Article
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 sociocultural).
The 24-month full-time Academic Master's Program aims to develop an integral vision of the clinical research through a multidisciplinary study of…
Article
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 fever virus. The data indicate that Rio de Janeiro insects of the species Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, Haemagogus leucocelaenus, and…
Article
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), the traditional United States accreditation commission, after a series of benchmarks on infrastructure, service and team performance. The procedure revalidates the…
Article
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 environmentally sustainable cities: Lessons from Latin America. The initiative is led by Drexel University and will involve 11 institutions from Latin America and…
Article
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 suggests the need to rethink the evaluation criteria in neonatal screening to include sunken eye exams for all infants with potential maternal exposure to…
Article
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, professor of the Postgraduate Program in History of Sciences and Health from Casa de Oswaldo Cruz (COC/Fiocruz).
In April, Cueto and Steven Palmer, from the…
Article