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The Laboratory for Respiratory Viruses and Measles of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/Fiocruz) has been nominated Reference Laboratory of the World Health Organization (WHO) for Covid-19 in the Americas. After the formalization of the agreement between the WHO and Fiocruz, the unit will now begin making confirmatory tests for the disease in the region, and will also join the WHO network of laboratory specialists for Covid-19.
National reference in respiratory viruses for the Ministry of Health, the Laboratory has been working hard since the emergence of the novel coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) to…
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A Fiocruz research has observed that the drug Atazanavir, used against HIV, was able to inhibit viral replication and to reduce the production of proteins that are related to the inflammatory process in the lungs, and therefore to the worsening of the clinical symptoms of the disease. Specialists have also looked into the combined use of atazanavir and ritonavir, another drug used to fight HIV.
The study was published this Monday (April 6) on the BiorXiv international plataform, in preprint version, following the trend of the study and of the repositioning of drugs in the battle against…
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"7 de abril de 2020. Na data em que se comemora o Dia Mundial da Saúde, o planeta enfrenta uma das mais graves e desafiadoras crises sanitárias: a pandemia da Covid-19. Causada por um tipo de coronavírus até então desconhecido, a doença, desde sua identificação em Wuhan, na China, vem progressivamente afetando países dos diferentes continentes e colocando em risco de colapso os sistemas de saúde em todo o mundo.
Mais do que nunca, a saúde como valor e direito universal precisa ser afirmada, ao mesmo tempo em que se fortalece a importância de políticas públicas…
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O Governou Federal publicou, no último dia 2/4 (quinta-feira), a Portaria nº 639, de 31 de março de 2020, estipulando condições para que profissionais de saúde credenciados em suas respectivas categorias profissionais se capacitem nos protocolos clínicos do Ministério da Saúde para o enfrentamento da Covid-19. A formação ocorrerá por meio de ensino à distância. Com vistas a aprimorar o entendimento dessa legislação, a Coordenação-Geral de Gestão de Pessoas (Cogepe) realizou análise técnica da Portaria por meio do seu Serviço de Procedimentos Legais e Assessoria Técnica (Seplat).
Segundo o…
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Fiocruz president, Nísia Trindade Lima, attended last Wednesday (April 1st) a meeting of global health leaders requested by the director-general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom. The goal of the meeting was to discuss the advancement of control measures in different countries, share lessons learned, and, mainly, debate future challenges involving the Covid-19 pandemic.
The role of WHO in a post-quarantine transition was one of the main themes under debate. Isolation measures currently affect more than one third of the world’s population. The group of about 30 leaders of…
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Fiocruz is now part of a group of more than 70 scientists and institutions of more than 30 countries in an international coalition to face the Covid-19 epidemic in countries with medium and low income. Launched last Thursday (02/04), the initiative, called Covid-19 Clinical Resarch Coalition, aims to speed up research on the new coronavirus in the areas where the virus may cause serious problems in health systems that are already fragile, resulting in a higher impact on the health of vulnerable populations.
Sharing data and equitable access to treatments, drugs and vaccines are the…
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Ferramentas criadas por pesquisadores auxiliam no monitoramento da pandemia de coronavírus no Brasil
Matéria originalmente publicada na Globo.com.
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The Foundation started the construction, in Rio de Janeiro, of the Hospital Center for the Covid-19 Pandemic - National Institute of Infectious Diseases, which will assist the state and municipal governments in fighting the disease. The rapid assembly hospital unit will have 200 beds exclusive for intensive and semi-intensive treatment of critical patients infected with the novel coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2). Check out a 3D view here.
Built in partnership with the Brazilian Ministry of Health (MoH), the initiative will also have a diagnostic support system for all necessary tests, including…
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On March 24, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation launched an express approval process at the Brazilian Registry of Clinical Essays (ReBEC) for clinical research on the Covid-19. The so-called fast track may reduce the normal approval period, which normally takes up to a couple of weeks, to less than 48 hours. Scientists all over the world will be able to have quick access to the modeling of ongoing studies, thus avoiding re-working and promoting cooperation. The goal is to shorten the time between the beginning of the research, testing, and the delivery of drugs, vaccines and other…
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In an interview to the Fiocruz News Agency (AFN), Nísia Trindade Lima comments on the context of the Covid-19 pandemics and the challenges of its arrival in Brazil. The Fiocruz president also lists some of the actions taken by the institution as a response to this public health crisis, from the production of tests to health care to those infected. All departments and units of the Foundation are mobilized to face the epidemics. “Fiocruz turns 120 year next May, and our anniversary will be marked by our response to this pandemics, just like the beginning of the institution was a public…
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An unprecedented study, conducted by the research group on Health in the Prisions [Saúde nas Prisões] of the National School of Public Health (Ensp/Fiocruz), and coordinated by Alexandra Sánchez, through technical cooperation with the Public Prosecutor's Office/RJ, analyzed the causes of deaths in the Prison System of the State of Rio de Janeiro (2016-2017). The results indicate that infectious diseases were responsible for 30% of deaths in the prison population, followed by diseases of the circulatory system (22%), external causes (12%) and diseases of the respiratory system (10%).…
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Articles on the new coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2) can be published in just 24 hours in the journal Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, one of the oldest and most respected scientific journals in Latin America.
Considering the importance of rapid data sharing during the pandemic, the journal provided an express way for the dissemination of research. Already used for work on Zika, chikungunya, yellow fever and Ebola, the Fast Track system allows publication after an editor's evaluation, while the peer review process is underway.
"The Fast Track system was launched during the Zika epidemic in Brazil…
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A construção do Centro Hospitalar para a Pandemia de Covid-19, no Campus de Manguinhos, está sendo documentada em vídeo e em fotografias do tipo 360°, com o mesmo tipo de tecnologia já usada para o tour virtual do Castelo da Fiocruz. Utilizando um drone e câmeras de ponta, uma equipe do Instituto de Comunicação e Informação em Saúde (Icict/Fiocruz) vai acompanhar a montagem da nova unidade hospitalar, de modo a criar um documento audiovisual para a História - o hospital, com 200 leitos, ficará pronto em pouco mais de um mês. Visite aqui uma vista 3D da construção.
"Já trabalhamos…
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A Fiocruz coordenará, no Brasil, o ensaio clínico Solidariedade (Solidarity), da Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS). Lançada pela OMS na última sexta-feira (20/3), a iniciativa tem como objetivo investigar a eficácia de quatro tratamentos para a Covid-19 e será implementada em 18 hospitais de 12 estados, com o apoio do Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia (Decit) do Ministério da Saúde.
O estudo Solidarity é uma conjugação de esforços em todo o mundo, para dar uma resposta rápida sobre que medicamentos são eficazes no tratamento da Covid-19 e quais são ineficazes e não devem…
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Em mais uma iniciativa para contribuir com o enfrentamento do avanço da Covid-19 no Brasil, a Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), em parceria com o Ministério da Saúde (MS), vai construir uma unidade hospitalar de montagem rápida. O espaço contará com 200 leitos exclusivos de tratamento intensivo e semi-intensivo para pacientes graves infectados pelo novo coronavírus (Sars-CoV-2).
Os 200 leitos do Centro terão isolamento para infecções por aerossóis e serão operados em condição de assistência para pacientes em alta complexidade (foto: Divulgação Fiocruz)
O Centro Hospitalar para a…
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O eixo Cenários Epidemiológicos, tem como objetivos: 1) permitir o acompanhamento permanente da evolução da pandemia no Brasil; 2) estimar a velocidade de espalhamento da epidemia; 3)avaliar e propor medidas populacionais de contenção ou de diminuição da velocidade de propagação; 4) contribuir para a alocação de recursos dos serviços de saúde, baseada na estimativa do número de casos graves.
As diferentes metodologias e fontes de dados utilizadas podem apresentar diferentes resultados. A avaliação conjunta e a busca de consensos é, portanto, indispensável.
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A Instrução Normativa nº 9, publicada no Diário Oficial na data de hoje (26/3), autoriza a utilização de ferramentas tecnológicas (tais como mensagens de celular e/ou e-mail) para realização de atos de comunicação em processos correcionais, no âmbito do Sistema de Correição do Poder Executivo Federal. Clique aqui para ler, na íntegra, a IN, que entra em vigor no dia 1º de abril.
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A Coordenação-Geral de Gestão de Tecnologia de Informação (Cogetic) oferece um conjunto de ferramentas e serviços – no modelo de nuvem - para que os trabalhadores possam realizar as suas atividades institucionais remotamente, de maneira adequada e segura. A Cogetic orienta que os trabalhadores verifiquem com as equipes de Tecnologia da Informação das unidades quais são as ferramentas e como utilizá-las, uma vez que o acesso pode variar.
O pacote de escritório - editores de texto, de planilhas, de apresentação, aplicativos, agenda de compromissos, contatos -, sistema de reuniões virtuais e…
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Em virtude da pandemia do coronavírus e considerando o Plano de Contingência da Fiocruz e de suas unidades, a Rede de Plataformas Tecnológicas da Fiocruz informa que os agendamentos para serviços prestados em seus espaços tecnológicos devem ser dedicados apenas ao atendimento às situações emergenciais e principalmente pesquisas e serviços relacionados à Covid-19.
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The emergence of SARS-Cov-2 virus in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 led to a local epidemic that rapidly spread to multiple countries in the world, placing remarkable challenges in surveillance and control. On March 16th, 2020, WHO declared1 that the infection associated with SARS-Cov-2, named COVID-19, had spread to more than 100 countries, with more than 160,000 confirmed cases and more than 6,000 deaths globally.
Great uncertainty remains regarding the epidemic peaks that might occur in various places where the virus has arrived due to factors such as environmental and social…
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The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) will be sending a team of professionals to Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa to help organise the response to the new coronavirus pandemic. This cooperation answers to a request by the regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Africa, received by Fiocruz last Sunday (March 15).
According to Fiocruz director of the Fiocruz Global Health Center, Paulo Buss, Brazilian and Portuguese professionals will be partnering up to share information and innovation on the disease and to prepare local teams for the response in different levels,…
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A Coordenação-Geral de Gestão de Pessoas (Cogepe) informa que durante o período de vigência do plano de contingência da Fiocruz para a pandemia do Covid-19 (coronavírus) não realizará atendimento presencial de aposentados e pensionistas. Eventuais dúvidas e consultas serão atendidas pelo telefone do Serviço de Aposentados e Pensionistas (Secap): (21) 3836-2104 ou pelo e-mail do Cogepe Atende: cogepeatende@fiocruz.br.
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A Cogepe informa ainda que os agendamentos de servidores ativos para esclarecimentos sobre o processo de solicitação de aposentadoria serão…
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Ten out of ten infectologists in the planet believe that one of the basic actions to avoid contamination by the Covid-19, more commonly known as coronavirus, is to stay away from large groups of people. This has led to the cancellation of numerous events such as sports events, concerts, conventions, and lessons in schools and universities. Even the healthy habit of going to the cinema has turned into a risky action. Now, what happens when you spend 365 days a year living in the middle of a crowd? This is the reality of the slums of Rio and other Brazilian cities: Rocinha, Maré, Casa Amarela…
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Esta página especial reúne as Perguntas e Respostas sobre o Coronavírus SARS-CoV-2 e a doença Covid-19 publicadas no Portal Fiocruz. Como se trata de uma doença recente, a cada momento novas descobertas estão sendo feitas. Por isso, as orientações técnicas podem mudar e é sempre importante verificar as datas de publicação dos conteúdos e buscar por informações atualizadas em sites de instituições confiáveis, como a Organização Mundial da Saúde, o Ministério da Saúde e a Fiocruz.
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Health inequalities and challenges that science is facing nowadays were the common thread for the inaugural lecture for class 2020 at the Fiocruz National School of Public Health, held on March 4. Dr. Deisy Ventura, professor at the Faculty of Public Health of the University of São Paulo, was one of the main speakers in the event, which also had presentations from demographer Paulo Jannuzzi, from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), and Humberto Adami, president of the National Commission for the Truth of Black Slavery of the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar…
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Given the emergence of agents with the capacity to cause diseases in humans, such as the new coronavirus, the Covid-19, scientists from all over the world have begun to work hard on the search for answers on the behavior of the pathogen. The process is similar to assembling a jigsaw puzzle: at every new research, an increasingly robust set of data takes form, contributing to clarify important characteristics that are crucial to create an emergency response. Among these are fundamental questions such as the incubation time of a virus, its transmission possibilities, and its mortality rate, for…
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Professors and researchers may apply for the scholarships under the Institutional Internationalization Program - PrInt Fiocruz-Capes. There are open selections for PhDs with Experience Abroad and for Visiting professor.
The PhD with Experience Abroad aims to attract researchers with experience in a foreign country to work at Fiocruz, whose training and professional experience represent an innovative contribution to the Fiocruz Graduate Programs. Professors and researchers, Brazilians or foreigners, with such a background, who reside in Brazil or abroad, may apply for ten Postdoctoral and four…
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A research by Fiocruz Minas has shown that Lamp, the test used to detect a series of infectious diseases, can also be used to diagnose human visceral leishmaniasis. The study by the PCPP, the Group of Clinical Researches and Public Policies on Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, was recently published in the BioMed Research International magazine.
To verify the efficacy of the Lamp test, the researchers used the technique on blood samples that had already been submitted to traditional diagnostic methods. A total of 219 samples were employed, of which 114 had been drawn from patients already…
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