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Researchers of Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/Fiocruz), in partnership with the Institute of Scientific and Technological Research of the State of Amapá (Iepa), developed an innovative trap for the collection of mosquitoes, especially anophelines, that transmit malaria. The innovation represents three direct benefits: facilitates field researches, increases mosquito capture, and increases safety in relation to vector contact.
With a format similar to a tent, the tools has two cameras: the internal one designed to house the professional responsible for the collection, and the external one…
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Nísia Trindade Lima, president of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, participated in a meeting held at the British Council Brazil, in March 7, in Brasília, for the official presentation of the four Fiocruz projects approved by the Public Notice Institutional Links Zika Virus. During the meeting, Nísia presented the Social Sciences and Humanities Network, facing the zika epidemic in Brazil, focused on the social repercussions of the relations between the virus and the disease effects in families and in the health system. Nísia said that the epidemic arises in a complex social, political, cultural…
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Representatives of Oswaldo Cruz Foundation met with a delegation of the European Union (EU) on the end of March at the Fiocruz's headquarters in Rio to discuss possible cooperation partnerships on antimicrobial resistance.
The delegation was led by the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis. In addition to the Commissioner, the European Union Ambassador in Brazil, João Titternigton Gomes Cravinho, the counselor of the European Union Delegation in Brazil, Rui Manuel Rosário Ludovino, the head of the Health and Phytosanitary Matters Unit and head of the…
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“We have a long history in common. The Pasteur Institute and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation not only share scientific knowledge, but also values. We are living a fascinating period in science, with the fusion of many disciplines. These new forms of scientific organization are very demanding, nothing is like 10 years ago anymore. We should keep that in mind when discussing collaborations. Thus, how can we anticipate where we will be 15 years from now?”
Christian Bréchot, president of the Pasteur Institute, made a declaration in the meeting held on April 4, at the Fiocruz campus in Rio…
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In December 2015 a yellow fever epidemic began in the outskirts of Luanda, capital and largest city of Angola. It quickly spread to the country's 18 provinces, which in that month alone recorded 360 deaths due to the disease. Given this scenario, and seen the outbreak spread to neighboring countries as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - which recorded almost 100 deaths - and Uganda, the World Health Organization (WHO) began a major mobilization against the epidemic in February. Counting on emergency aid from laboratories that produce the yellow fever vaccine, an immunization campaign…
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On the path that leads to Castelo Mourisco - a construction that started during Oswaldo Cruz’s time, in 1905, and is a symbol of the health work in fighting yellow fever and smallpox - the Rio de Janeiro TV Globo news team awaits to begin the interview. The camera lenses frame the current president of Fiocruz, Nísia Trindade, while reporter Mônica Sanches inquires about the currently most commented disease in Brazil. Shortly before, it was the time for the coordinator of the Center of Information on Wild Health (CISS/Fiocruz), Márcia Chame, to be approached with questions aimed at…
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At a meeting at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva on Wednesday (April 19), the president of Fiocruz, Nísia Trindade Lima, said that it is necessary to "think of neglected populations, not just neglected diseases". According to Lima, "the health sector needs to work in coordination with other sectors, ensuring free access to quality services that lead to health promotion and education."
The statement was made at the Global Partners Meeting on Neglected Tropical Diseases. Collaborate. Accelerate. Eliminate.which brought together dozens of international…
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Por: Nísia Trindade Lima, presidente da Fiocruz*
A luta das mulheres pelos direitos econômicos, sociais, políticos e civis é essencialmente uma luta pela democratização da sociedade, pela equidade nas relações de gênero e uma forte expressão de esperança em um mundo mais justo.
O fato de a Fiocruz ser dirigida, pela primeira vez em sua história, por uma mulher aumenta a responsabilidade de todos nós, mulheres e homens, que nos comprometemos com a equidade e a justiça na instituição e na sociedade. Representamos hoje 55,7% dos trabalhadores e 59% dos que realizam atividades de pesquisa e…
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Brazil´s most important health institution, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), has a new President. Nísia Trindade Lima, a highly awarded researcher, teacher, sociologist and former vice-president of Fiocruz, is the first woman to chair the institution in its 116-year history.
After winning the internal elections with 59.7% of votes over second-place-runner Tania de Araujo-Jorge’s 39.6%, Nísia was nominated on January 4th by the President of Brazil, Michel Temer, and his Minister of Health, Ricardo Barros, to rule from 2017 to 2020.
The President’s Profile
Senior researcher with a Ph.D.…
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The Casa de Oswaldo Cruz (COC/Fiocruz) and the Center for International Relations in Health (Cris/Fiocruz) will be hosting two international seminars on Bioethics and Leprosy on May 5 - 6. The events are part of the 2016 WHO Global Health Ethics and the Global Health Histories seminars, organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centre for Global Health Histories, University of York.
The events will open on May, 5 from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm at the auditorium of the Museum of Life, located at Fiocruz’s campus in Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The opening will be attended by…
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Após duas experiências de êxito com os temas Bioética e ética em pesquisa na divulgação científica, e Bioética Clínica, estudantes dos programas de pós-graduação da Fiocruz encerraram a terceira disciplina integrada, desta vez, sobre Bioinformática. Com a participação de alunos e professores do Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz (CPqGM/Fiocruz Bahia), do Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou (CPqRR/Fiocruz Minas), do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC/Fiocruz), no Rio de Janeiro, da Fiocruz Rondônia e de outras instituições parcerias, a atividade abriu as portas para novos horizontes em termos de ensino e…
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Como marco do aniversário de dez anos da sua Ouvidoria Geral, a Fiocruz sediou, em 8 de julho, o 2º Fórum de Ouvidorias Públicas do Rio de Janeiro, abordado diversos aspectos da contribuição das ouvidorias públicas para a democracia e a transparência públicas.
Veja as apresentações a seguir:
II Encontro das Ouvidorias do Rio de Janeiro
Controladoria-Geral da União
Resolução Alternativa de Conflitos - A experiência da CGRAI e a prática internacional
Coordenação-Geral de Recursos de Acesso à Informação da Controladoria Geral da União (CGU)
Democracia Participativa na Saúde - A…
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A Diretoria de Recursos Humanos (Direh) informa que a posse dos candidatos aprovados no último concurso como excedentes terá início na próxima quarta-feira (17/6), no auditório da Coordenação de saúde do Trabalhador (CST), localizado no pavilhão Carlos Augusto da Silva.
Os trabalhadores da unidade estão finalizando os últimos procedimentos relacionados à infraestrutura do local. Já está disponível aos candidatos nomeados e aptos no exame admissional o acesso à agenda para marcar a data da posse. O agendamento se dá exclusivamente por meio do Guia de Admissão e Integração de Servidores da…
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The brazilian net of human milk bank was recently mencioned in an article from the britain journal The Guardian. The article “Western donors could learn from Brazil's new brand of development aid” is about the success of the brazilian international cooperation foccused on south-south relationships.
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