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Patricia Brasil, head of INI’s Clinical Research Laboratory on Acute Febrile Ilnesses, was invited by Nature Medicine to write a profile describing her scientific path for the October issue of the journal. With the title Never shy from infectious-disease mysteries, the profile describes the decisive moments that led the infectologist to dedicate her career to research and is part of a special series celebrating the 25th anniversary of the edition of Nature dedicated to medicine.
Patricia Brasil
Patricia Brazil studied medicine at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro before doing medical…
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The Novartis Group and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) signed, in Rio de Janeiro, a Memorandum of Understanding to formalize the cooperation intention of the two institutions in teaching, research and technological development projects to combat neglected diseases such as Leprosy, Chagas disease, malaria and sickle cell disease. The partnership contemplates the elaboration and joint implementation of initiatives in health research and the academic exchange of researchers and students, in addition to prioritizing the sharing of information and technical documentation, organization of…
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The growth of unemployment associated with the reduction of public investments in health and social programs increased the mortality rate among adults in Brazil in the period of 2012 to 2017. The finding is a study conducted by Fiocruz, University of London and Fundação Getulio Vargas, which evaluated the effects of the recession on the number of deaths and verified whether social protection programs affected in any way. The research was published in The Lancet Global Health, a renowned scientific journal in the health area.
To reach the results, the scientists were based on data from the…
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The history of global health and of the World Health Organization (WHO) is often told by the few voices that are in positions of command. However, the multilateral historical perspective and research in human sciences can contribute with new discoveries that challenge the idea that global health decisions are taken by a handful of actors from dominant countries. This is the proposal of the researcher of the University of York and head of WHO Collaborating Center on Global Health History, Sanjoy Bhattacharya, who was at Fiocruz for the 135th Global Health History Seminar, with the theme…
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The 1st Brics Workshop on Human Milk Bank, held in Brasilia from August 28th to August 30th, resulted in the construction of an international agenda and a commitment signature to mobilize efforts to expand and share knowledge and technologies focused on food and neonata nutritional safety; and childhood care, with the right to health as its central value. The action will be coordenated and it will have as reference, the Fiocruz Brazilian Human Milk Bank Network (rBLH-BR) The workshop was part of Fiocruz's 120th anniversary celebrations.
Fiocruz's Brazilian Network of Human Milk Banks (rBLH-…
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Health in the Americas has seen a dramatic improvement in the past decades, but many people are being left behind. This is one of the main conclusions of the report called Just societies: Health equity and dignified lives launched on October 1st, during the 57th meeting of the Directing Council of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), held at the PAHO headquarters, in Washington.
The report gathers evidence of the relationship between health and social factors, such as socioeconomic class, ethnic group, gender, sexual orientation, disability, migrant situation - individually or…
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In a study coordinated by the Institute of Scientific and Technological Communication and Information in Health (Icict), Fiocruz has mapped the impact of fires on children’s health in the Amazon region. The survey concluded that in the areas most affected by the fire, the number of children hospitalized with respiratory problems doubled. There were about 2.5 thousand extra hospital admissions each month, in May and June 2019, in approximately 100 municipalities of the Legal Amazon, in particular in the states of Pará, Rondônia, Maranhão and Mato Grosso. This resulted in an additional expense…
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The scientific journal The Lancet has published an article about the process of implementation and expansion of the Brazilian Public Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde [SUS]). Led by a group of researchers from Harvard University, the article Brazil's unified health system: the first 30 years and prospects for the future was also attended by the researcher of the Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health (Ensp/Fiocruz), Ligia Giovanella, who contributed to the analysis of the characterization of SUS and the organization of Primary Health Care over these years. “The article makes it…
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The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) and the National Center for Scientific Research of France (CNRS) promote, from 16 to 18 October, the Symposium "A Health Cooperation Agenda". The event, open to the public, marks the signing of the memorandum of technical, scientific and technological cooperation between the two institutions. The Symposium, to be held at the International Salon of the National School of Public Health (Ensp / Fiocruz), aims to strengthen the partnership between the two institutions and create opportunities for scientific collaboration between researchers through debate on…
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Dia 16/10
13h30 – Round table 1 - Global health issues, migration, global epidemics
• Anne Cécile Hoyez, CNRS, ESO
● Frédéric Keck, LAS/ EHES CNRS
● Gustavo Matta, ENSP/Fiocruz
● Marcus Cueto, COC/Fiocruz
15h30 – 17h – Discussion Session
Dia 17/10
9h - Round table 2 - Access to healthcare and health systems, public policies, care of vulnerable populations: from research to the clinic (and back to research).
• Claude-Olivier Doron, SPHERE, MCF Université Paris Diderot
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Twelve multilateral agencies launched on October 24 a joint plan to support governments to accelerate the fulfilment of the health targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) during the next 10 years. The plan was launched at an event at the UN headquarters in New York, during the 74th General Assembly, with the presence of the First Ministers of Germany, Angela Merkel, and of Norway, Erna Solberg, of the President of Gana, Nana Akufo-Addo, and of the directors of the twelve agencies.
Developed in the past 18 months, with the collaboration of] Fiocruz, the Global Action Plan for…
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Acaba de ser lançada a Política da Fiocruz para Acessibilidade e Inclusão das Pessoas com Deficiência, com o objetivo de promover práticas mais inclusivas e acessíveis na instituição a partir de princípios, ações estratégicas e diretrizes. Proposta pelo Comitê Fiocruz pela Acessibilidade e Inclusão das Pessoas com Deficiência, a política resulta de uma construção coletiva que se deu a partir da realização de uma consulta pública ao longo de um ano e que recebeu contribuições de trabalhadores, estudantes e diferentes instâncias da Fiocruz e também da sociedade em geral.
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Fiocruz President, Nísia Trindade Lima, and the representative of The Global Health Network (TGHN), Trudie Lang, of Oxford University, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on July 31.
The partnership defines the establishment of a knowledge sharing center by Fiocruz, incorporated to The Global Health Network online platform. This sharing center will be complementing the Foundation’s dissemination activities, giving visibility to its activities of research, teaching and capacity development to an international public.
The partnership includes a training program through health research…
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Manuel Heitor, the Portuguese Minister for Science and Technology, was at Fiocruz on August 9 to debate a proposal of technical cooperation with the institution, in particular regarding the Atlantic International Research Centre (AIR Centre), a global project for the integration and development of knowledge on climate change and the Atlantic Ocean. The minister was in Rio de Janeiro for the launching of the local office of the initiative, located at the Laboratory of Computational Methods in Engineering of Coppe (UFRJ).
Fiocruz is part of the initiative, collaborating with Urban Health…
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The search for malaria elimination is based on a combination of measures to treat patients and prevent the transmission of the disease. New research points out that a molecule investigated for cancer treatment may contribute to achieve this goal. In mice, considered a model for the study of cerebral malaria, the most serious complication of infection, the administration of the compound known as DON (6-diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine) significantly reduced the presence of Plasmodium parasites in the blood, preventing animals’ deaths and blocking transmission to mosquitoes.
“The research shows that…
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Fiocruz formalized on July 17 a partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (Unfpa). The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Fiocruz’s President Nísia Trindade Lima and Unfpa’s Executive Director Natalia Kanem took place at the Unfpa headquarters in New York at the High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development.
"The signing of this Memorandum of Understanding with an institution with such an important mandate as Unfpa represents a milestone for Fiocruz," said Nísia, in extolling the agreement which envisages the development of joint programs that aim at…
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Nísia Trindade Lima, President of Fiocruz, and other representatives of the institution took part in the 2019 High-level Political Forum for Sustainable Development (HLPF), which will took place on July 9-19 at the UN headquarters in New York. Promoted by the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the Forum brought together more than two thousand attendees, including ministers, UN officials and experts from around the world to discuss the progress and challenges of the 2030 Agenda.
With the theme Empowering people and ensuring inclusion and equality, this year's event focuses on six…
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The assistant general director for strategic initiatives of the World Health Organization (WHO), Ranieri Guerra, and the representative of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) in Brazil, Socorro Gross, were at Fiocruz on July 26. They met with the director of the Fiocruz Global Health Center (CRIS/FIOCRUZ, in the Portuguese acronym), Paulo Buss, to discuss cooperation strategies for universal health coverage and primary healthcare.
Guerra is WHO figure responsible for leading the preparations for the high-level meeting regarding the subject, which will take place at the UN General…
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The vice-mayor of the Chinese city of Shenzhen, Wu Yihuan, visited Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) on 24 June, when her delegation met with Fiocruz representatives. The meeting was attended by the vice-president of Production and Innovation In Health (VPPIS), Marco Krieger, who was representing the presidency; the coordinator of the Center for Technological Health Development (CDTS), Carlos Morel; the vice-president of Research and Biological Collections, Rodrigo Correa de Oliveira; and the coordinator of the Fiocruz Strategy for the 2030 Agenda (EFA2030), Paulo Gadelha.
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Science and technology are subjects that arouse great interest among young Brazilians, even more than sports and as much as religion. Most of them, however, including those in college, are unable to provide the name of a national research institute or of any Brazilian scientist. This was the result found by the survey called What do young Brazilians think of science and technology? by the National Institute of Science and Technology in Science and Technology Public Communication (INCT/CPCT), made public on 24 June at Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz).
Run in Brazil for the first time, the…
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The team from the STD and AIDS Clinical Research Laboratory (LapClin-Aids) of the Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases (INI/Fiocruz) received on June 5 the 2018 Community Engagement Award in recognition of the international excellence of its activities for promoting health and citizenship among groups vulnerable to HIV infection. “Community participation in research is fundamental because it is for society that we do research. Getting the population involved in all phases of the studies helps make sure that the results are more appropriate for the community that will…
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Arboviruses are transmitted through insect bites and cause several diseases. Among the most well-known in Brazil are dengue fever, zika and chikungunya. Other arboviruses, such as mayaro and o’nyong-nyong, less known but also with potential to cause epidemics, have drawn the attention of the scientific community, with the appearance of the first cases of these diseases in areas where there was previously no trace of them.
A work group consisting of researchers from different countries, called Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R), was created to…
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Tuberculosis is the main cause of death among people infected with HIV. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), ten million new cases of tuberculosis were reported worldwide in 2017, and 300,000 deaths by tuberculosis occurred among People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA). In this scenario, two measures to reduce the risk of active tuberculosis in this population are extremely important: immediate onset of Combined Antiretroviral Therapy (CART) and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection (TLTI), a condition in which individuals are infected by tuberculosis but show no signs of active…
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Even obese, Brazilian teenagers still have traits of malnutrition, as shown by a study published in the most recent edition of PLOS One magazine. Researchers found both conditions especially in public school students, who showed an increase in overweight rates in recent years.
The investigation, carried out by researchers from the School of Nutrition of the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) and the Center for the Integration of Data and Knowledge for Health (Cidacs / Fiocruz Bahia), is the first in Brazil to monitor socioeconomic factors associated with malnutrition and obesity. “There are…
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The clinical presentation of patients with tuberculosis is very diverse and the heterogeneity of the disease is associated with changes in biomarker signatures, which are measurable indicators of the severity or the presence of some disease state.
In a study led by a researcher from Fiocruz Bahia, Bruno de Bezerril Andrade, they compared the extent of individual inflammatory disorder of the plasma protein and lipid mediators at the molecular level associated with tuberculosis in patients in China and India, which are among the five countries with the highest number of cases of the…
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The Pasteur Institute, a French foundation for research on infectious disease prevention and treatment, inaugurated the Scientific Pasteur-USP Platform at the University of São Paulo (USP), in São Paulo on July 4. The platform is the result of a scientific partnership between the Pasteur Institute, USP and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) signed in June 2015. This platform will develop research to study emerging pathogens, of which infections can cause damage to the central nervous system, such as the Zika, Dengue, Yellow Fever and Influenza viruses, as well as protozoa such as the…
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Casa de Oswaldo Cruz (COC / Fiocruz) and University College London (UCL), through the Health Humanities Centre, have signed a cooperation agreement that will foster teaching and research activities in transcultural histories of psychotherapies. One of the goals of the cooperation, with a three years duration, is to establish joint research on the topic in order to stimulate the history of psychotherapies between different countries, with emphasis on Brazil and the United Kingdom.
In addition, the cooperation aims to promote the exchange of senior researchers between the two institutions for…
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Research from Fiocruz reveals that children exposed to the Zika virus may have developmental delays and neurosensory changes in the second year of life. The study evaluated 216 children for two years and also found that neurological development was lower than normal in children exposed to the virus in the first weeks of pregnancy, while children exposed in the last weeks had fewer complications.
There were eight cases of microcephaly among the children followed by the researchers. Two of these reversed to proper growth of the head circumference. One of the babies, who presented problems the…
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The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) has celebrated its 119-year history by thinking about the future. In the last week of May (from the 27th to the 31st) a series of events have marked the date. On the last day of celebration, the Foundation’s 120-year Honor Commission, a group of health care specialists which is going to work on the definition of the institution’s agenda for its next anniversary, took up office during the ceremony. Additionally, those approved in Fiocruz’s last public examination took up office, which, according to the president of the Foundation, Nísia Trindade Lima, “…
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The Ambassador of Australia to Brazil, Timothy Kane, and the Consul General of Australia, Greg Wallis, visited Fiocruz on May 8 to learn more about the work of the Institution. They met with Vice President of Education, Information and Communication, Cristiani Machado, representing the Presidency of the Foundation, with the Assistant for Institutional Relations, Valber Frutuoso, and representatives of the Center for International Relations in Health (Cris- Fiocruz).
“Despite the physical distance between the two countries, their similarities are countless, for example, geography, climate…
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