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Newsletter - Issue 66 |
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Congenital syphilis outbreak is a shame for the Country, says the President of the Brazilian Society of STDs
Experts say the shortage of benzathine penicillin is among the reasons for the increase in case numbers The increase in syphilis cases in Brazil worries especially due to the high number of mother-child transmissions, known as congenital. Some factors have been quoted to explain this scenario, as issues releasing diagnosis and treatment or even... 
The State Health Surveillance Center was notified of the first autochthonous HVL case on September 27 First death by human visceral leishmaniasis is reported in Porto AlegreThe death of a 19-months old girl by human visceral leishmaniasis was reported in Porto Alegre on September 28 2016. According to the Rio Grande do Sul Health Surveillance Report from October 2016, the symptoms appeared on May 29 with a high persistent fever and on September 23, the situation aggravated with thrombocytopenia. During hospitalization in the Porto Alegre Clinics Hospital (HCPA) ICU, bone marrow aspiration and serology confirmed the... 
Sewage in the streets, creeks and rivers is a typical Brazilian picture, especially in the poorest regions Basic sanitation: the concern should be proportional to the size of the problemLack of basic sanitation - a chronic and historical problem in the Country - exposes the population to diseases. Deficiency in sewage treatment and adequate disposal still causes thousands of diseases, mainly among children. For the sanitary engineer at the Collective Health Department at Fiocruz-PE, André Monteiro, the Brazilian sanitation conditions, are generally, terrible. "The sanitary expression of these conditions are evident, just look at the neglected diseases. And most recently...
Public spending limits: a tough hit on tropical diseases studies
Social investments in sectors that support public health, as basic sanitation, which covers a small portion of the Brazilian population, should also be affected The proposition that limits public spending in Brazil to the inflation for the next 20 years (PCA 55) has echoed worldwide, criticized even by the UN, according to the article. Approved and... |
2017 Medtrop brings up "Environment and Tropical Diseases: challenges for countryside and cities"
Deadline for abstract submission will be May 25 For four days, Cuiabá (MT) will host one of the greatest medical-scientific events. 
ZIKA VIRUS-INFECTED MOTHERS DELIVERED BABIES WITH MICROCEPHALY AS EARLY AS 2009 FINAL TRIAL RESULTS CONFIRM EBOLA VACCINE PROVIDES HIGH PROTECTION AGAINST DISEASE DEVASTATING ELEPHANTIASIS FACING ELIMINATION RESEARCH SHOWS THAT ZIKA EPIDEMICS DID NOT INCREASED CONTRACEPTIVE SALES IN MANUS, BRAZIL, MALARIA CASES ARE DIMINISHED IN 100% MICROCEPHALY: THE EPIDEMIC ZERO PATIENT 
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From 11 to 14 june 2017 6th International Conference of Research on Plasmodium vivax malaria
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Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine - Center for Tropical Medicine - UnB |
