The zika virus infection, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), access to vaccines and medicines, and advances in the conduction of the 2030 Agenda, among other subjects, were addressed by the Foundation in several bilateral and multilateral forums and meetings at the 70th World Health Assembly in Geneve.
According to "Time", Turchi's studies have been part of an "emergency investigation that ultimately proved that Zika does indeed cause microcephaly—something many skeptics doubted".
Two colloquiums at the Fiocruz campus in May discussed public health formation and the role of forming institutions in the governance of health services, programs, and systems in Brazil and Cuba. Public health teachers, directors, and students of institutions in Brazil, Cuba, and other Latin American countries gathered from May 8 to 10 to share and discuss experiences, opportunities, and challenges at the I Latin American Colloquium on Formation in Public Health and at the III Brazil-Cuba Colloquium on Formation in Public Health.
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."
Meeting at the Fiocruz's headquarters in Rio gathers Brazilian and French managers and researchers, as well as members of the French diplomatic staff and University of Sao Paulo representatives. The agenda included projects that develop the historic agreement in partnership with the three institutions signed in 2015.
The greatest outbreak of yellow fever in 70 years brings back the risk of a new urban introduction of the disease. More than 200 deaths have been registered so far.
