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For a person to recover, a differentiated work, establish connections and intersectoral actions are required
Using groundbreaking methodology, a research on crack cocaine, requested by the National Secretary of Drugs Policies (NSDP) from the Justice Ministry (JM) to the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (OCF), shows that 370 thousand people in Brazil's 26 capitals and the Federal District are regular consumers of crack cocaine or similar smoked cocaine (base paste, merla and oxi).
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Countries with average income concentrate 80% of the traffic accidents, while detaining only 52% of the world's fleet
A World Health Organization (WHO) report points that in 2030 traffic accidents will kill more people that AIDS, malaria and other diseases in developing countries. For Paul Nobre, Master in Civil...
When considering essentially the impact factor, evaluation and foster agencies can harm the development of national science
Article published on the Nature Journal shows the "stacking" of citations by Brazilian magazines, whick in order o raise the average citations, magazine X quotes magazine Y...
The incidence of visceral and tegumentary leishmaniasis is very high in Brazil and spreads all over the country, eading to more morbidity and mortality than dengue fever
"The association of drugs can be considered an innovation when seeking the cure of the leishmaniasis, because, until now, the treatment was based in using isolated drugs", reveals Dorcas Lamounier Costa, specialist in infectious diseases. She finished her DSc in Tropical Medicine at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (FUMG). Currently, she is a professor and the coordinator of Medical Course at the Federal University of Piaui (FUPI).
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Slum residents are also often socially excluded which means that they lack access to health care and information for prevention of diseases
The HIV epidemic, part of the slum diseases list and can already be considered an urban tropical disease, proved to be the greatest global public health challenge in the 21st century. Sub-Saharan Africa draws attention for while having only 12,5% of the world's population, it is responsible for 67% of the HIV infected people in the world.
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Dengue fever therapy irrationality: the announced chronicle of many deaths that are still to come...
Recife launches Neglected Diseases Combat Program
Doctor from Piaui proffers lecture on Tropical Medicine in Argentina
India takes steps to curb kitchen-induced diseases
Ghana: Tuberculosis, the Second Killer After Aids
FACTBOX: Medical breakthroughs in fight against malaria
Below is a selection of for this month of october of publications related to Tropical Medicine from important international journals.
Translating antibody insights
Antibodies in HIV-1 vaccine development and therapy
Antiretroviral prophylaxis for HIV infection in injecting drug users in Bangkok, Thailand (the Bangkok Tenofovir Study): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial
11 a 13 de nov. de 2013
1st Internacional Workshop on Anthropization and Vector-Borne Diseases in Amazonia: Chagas Disease as a Model System
13 a 17 de nov. de 2013
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 62nd Annual Meeting
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