NEWSLETTER - Issue 99 - Octuber 15, 2019

Tuberculosis in children: a new drug should simplify and facilitate treatment

A single medication against this infection will be given to patients under 10 years old from 2020

Dengue: Cases rocket worldwide and the disease becomes a global issue

Simple water treatment device may reduce child diarrhea

An automatic chlorine device installed in community shared water points can reduce diarrhea rates in children

Poverty diseases: the pains the world doesn't see

For researcher Andrea Lund, investing in environmental solutions may be the only way to reduce the risk of schistosomiasis in places where the incidence of the disease remains high

Science in the Tropics Series - Part 2

A narrow road: how to reconcile ethics with the progress of science

Like technology, the evolution of science has a strong influence on progress, as well as generating great controversy around the world

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Chief-editor:
Carlos Henrique Nery Costa

Assignment editors:
Alberto Novaes
André Siqueira
Guilherme Werneck
Mitermayer Galvão dos Reis

Journalism:
Denise de Quadros
MTb 8458 DRT/RS

Translation:
Pedro Costa

Graphics and diagramation:
Leandro Matos