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According to PMTCT protocols and effectiveness of procedures it is possible to prevent contamination to babies
According to recent Ministry of Health (MoH) data, the annual number of new cases of aids in Brazil has stopped growing. However, this figure is still worryingly high, around 38,000. "We have strongly reduced transmission from pregnant women to babies and its death rate in recent years", said the Health Minister Alexandre Padilha in a statement released on World Aids Day (december 1).
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The Fact that Brazilian researchers submitted significant number of studies in PL0S (364) reveals the potential and significant interest from the Brazilian scientific community in tropical diseases
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, of the Public Library of Science, has highlighted that Brazil is number two in the world, in the ranking of countries that most submit scientific articles for publication in the journal, behind the United States.
It must be recognized that the aids epidemic is not under control. It is estimated that there are 540,000 people with the virus in Brazil and about 130,000 who do not know they are infected
Health Minister Alexandre Padilha invited researchers and members of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) dealing with aids, to meet in Brasilia to discuss the direction of national aids policy. Among the main themes of the meeting...
The qualification of the content is a communication strategy that encourages browsing in search of information, bringing members increasingly close to the SBTM services
On November 20, the website of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine (SBMT) achieved its highest number of visits since the debut of the portal, recording 300 hits. The first peak was on March 15, 2012, with 232 visits.
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Results of susceptibility/resistance to drugs that currently exist will help guide Brazil on how to develop laboratory capacity and diagnostic strategies
Despite advances, tuberculosis in Brazil is the fourth leading cause of death from infectious diseases and the first among AIDS patients. According to the Ministry of Health, in 2011, US$ 74 million was invested in coping with the disease, compared with US$ 5.2 million in 2002.
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From this December issue on, the section MedTrop World will have a new format. In order to improve readability, our publication will highlight just some news in the newsletter and provide a link to a specially created page on the SBMT website. On this page, readers will have access to all of the selected news links for the month.
Motorcycle accidents increased 100%
SUS will provide '3 in 1' anti Aids pill from 2013
Award-winning Portuguese study on protective mechanism against malaria
Scientists report injectable formulation of malaria parasites achieve controlled infection
Epidemia de sida estable en Latinoamérica, con más acceso a tratamientos
Below is a selection of for this month of december of publications related to Tropical Medicine from important international journals.
Genome hyperevolution and the success of a parasite.
Barry JD, Hall JP, Plenderleith L.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2012 Sep;1267:11-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06654.x.
PMID: 22954210 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] PMCID: PMC3467770 Free PMC Article
13 a 17 de Maio de 2013
Worldleish 5 – V Congresso Mundial de Leishmaniose, Porto de Galinhas/PE
19-23 May 2013
13th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine, Maastricht, The Netherlands
10 de setembro de 2013
8th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and Internacional Health, Copenhagen
10 de setembro de 2013
5th Conference of the Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology, Copenhagen
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