Important experiences in health surveillance are highlighted at Expoepi

For the competition, 805 submissions were received and 76 experiences and scientific papers presented from all regions of the country

'To share and discuss issues important to the consolidation of the Unified Health System (SUS), and reward professionals and health services in the country who have excelled in implementing health surveillance actions', was the goal of the National Exhibition of Successful Experiences in Epidemiology, Disease Control and Prevention (Expoepi), held at the Convention Center in Brasilia. "The idea of the event is that people can reproduce and replicate good examples. We're not talking about new strategies but new ways to implement such actions", says The Ministry of Health's Secretary of Health Surveillance (SVS/MS), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, who notes that the initiative's aim is to show how, locally, a more creative, more effective, manner of developing a specific strategy has been found.

In its 12th edition, Expoepi featured 21 thematic panels, 15 competitive exhibitions, two round tables and a lecture. For the competition, 805 submissions were received and 76 scientific papers and experiences from all regions of the country were presented. Approximately 3,500 people attended the event. "This year's event was the biggest edition of the exhibition in terms of the number of people and [in terms of] studies from municipal and state health departments, which were submitted to the competitive show.

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UnB grants the title of Professor Emeritus Master of Tropical Medicine

Despite being viewed with some contempt, especially by professionals from hegemonic, non-tropical countries, Tropical Medicine has managed to rediscover itself, grow in importance and impose itself on the international scientific community

The highest honor awarded to a university professor, the title of Professor Emeritus, has been awarded to Dr. Carlos Eduardo Tosta by the University of Brasilia (UnB).

The appointment, approved unanimously by colleagues in the field of Pathology, at the School of Medicine and the University Council of UnB, was made in recognition of activities that he developed over 43 years of academic life. "I always wanted to be a professor. Soon after my graduation in medicine in 1968 I was hired as an immunology teaching assistant at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

In 1970, when I became a full-time professor (exclusive dedication), I opted for UFRJ where, shortly after, I took part in the first Masters in Tropical Medicine" recalls the professor. In 1972 he took up the challenge of working at the University of Brasilia. Apart from a four year period at the University of London to do his phD and post-doctor's...

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