Fiocruz International News - January 2024

Color of rivers in the Amazon may be linked to the incidence of malaria
Fiocruz Amazônia, the Federal University of Amazonas and the French Research Institute for Development carried out a study to assess the relationship between the color of rivers and the incidence of the disease
New Fiocruz agreement with Bayer aims to boost Chagas disease treatment
Foundation, through the Institute of Drug Technology (Farmanguinhos), signed a scientific cooperation agreement to register a generic clone drug for the treatment of Chagas disease with the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa)
Angola and Foundation strengthen cooperation in education
In another step in the history of the partnership with Angola, Fiocruz received a group from the country’s Ministry of Health to continue planning cooperation actions between the institutions, with a focus on training health professionals
Article: Health at the G20 - Countdown and growing expectations
Analysis by João Miguel Estephanio, Pedro Burger, Paulo M. Buss and Mario Moreira on health in countries with the largest economies in the world comes at a time when Brazil assumes the pro tempore presidency of the group
PAHO director receives honorary doctorate from Fiocruz
In a morning of tributes, acknowledgments and commitments to public health, the director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Jarbas Barbosa, was awarded an honorary doctorate from Fiocruz by the Foundation's president
Foundation signs cooperation agreement with Robert Koch Institute in Berlin
Fiocruz's president Mario Moreira signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in Berlin for collaboration in research, surveillance, technological development and innovation
Fiocruz Rondônia, Fundhacre and Charles Mérieux Center for Infectious Diseases strengthen partnerships
To act preventively, the institutions signed a partnership to analyze tests and diagnose these diseases. With this molecular surveillance, it is possible to better understand which viruses are circulating