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The circulation of motorcycles in corridors (driving in the gap between two vehicles) coupled with inexperience and recklessness, is the perfect combination for accidents
In three years, the cost to the National Health System (SUS) of hospitalizations for motorcycle accidents has more than doubled. Information from the National Traffic Department (Denatran) highlights the importance of taking preventive measures and enforcing old rules, including the license to work as a motorcycle courier required by the National Traffic Council (Contran) which became effective nationwide last February 28.
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Never before have so many studies been submitted as in this edition. Previously, the largest amount was in India in 2009, when 729 abstracts were submitted
Of the approximately 1,400 studies that applied, 1,326 have been selected for presentation at the fifth edition of the world congress on leishmaniasis, Worldleish 5. With over 800 people registered so far...
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the USA has estimated that the vaccine used in the northern hemisphere this winter, only protects about 62%
Since Ancient Greece there have been reports of a respiratory disease that killed hundreds of people in a matter of a few weeks and then disappeared. This event was reported by Hippocrates...
Professor Dr. Alexandre Peixoto, an expert in the genetics of insects, was head of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Insects and coordinator of the Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology at IOC
This Sunday, the scientific community lost Alexandre Peixoto who was the victim of a fatality that occurred while kayaking down the Tres Rios river.
Alexandre was only 50, but had an extraordinary scientific background for his age. He graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, with a master's degree...
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Countries with the highest incidence of malaria are among the poorest in the world, and usually have very low rates of economic growth
In Brazil, 40 million people are at risk of contracting malaria. In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated 334,618 confirmed cases in Brazil, of which 283,383 were from P. vivax and 47,406 from P. falciparum. In an interview with the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine (SBMT), Dr. David Reddy, CEO of Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), talks about the challenges and what has been done to try to eradicate the disease.
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WHO announces reduction of 25 percent of new infections of HIV / AIDS in 22 African countries
Why hunger has come back to haunt the world
Countryside town of Maranhao prohibits the enforcement of motorcyclists
U.N. Rejects Claim for Direct Compensation to Victims of Cholera Epidemic in Haiti
Fast New Test Could Find Leprosy Before Damage Is Lasting
Environmental risks contribute to 28 percent of Africa's diseases
Below is a selection of for this month of march of publications related to Tropical Medicine from important international journals.
Tuberculosis (Department of Infection, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London Medical School, London,)
WHO and the future of disease control programmes (HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria & Neglected Tropical Diseases Cluster, World Health Organization)
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
Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine - Center for Tropical Medicine - UNB
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