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Slums are witnessing a resurgence of endemic diseases, which were present in the past and are returning, such as schistosomiasis, Chagas disease and leptospirosis
Although the rate has slowed down recently, the migration of people from rural areas to the city in search of job opportunities still results in many people living in slums and peripheries. "Slums are, generally, found in underdeveloped countries. But there are also slums in developed countries, although perhaps they are not as crowded as ours; in the United States there are pockets of poverty in big cities"...
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In Brazil, last year, there were about 50 deaths - a number that the expert considers high, since these deaths are preventable. Worldwide, it is believed that there are 700,000 to one million deaths annually
"The migration of human groups, with conditions of poor housing and work, may reintroduce malaria where it already existed and has been eliminated." The observation of Dr. Pedro Tauil, professor of the postgraduate course in Tropical Medicine at the University of Brasilia...
The occurrence of the disease is still significant in several countries in Africa and tropical regions of Asia, according to WHO
According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE/2007) Brazil has 91.3% water coverage in urban areas, ranging from 65% in the North to 95% in the South. The Institute draws attention to the coverage in the Northeast, which despite being 88.8%, suffers from constant interruptions in supply to the population...
In Brazil, infants too young to receive the complete vaccine schedule have been the most affected. This is also the age group most at risk of harm
Pertussis, a disease that has decreased in incidence since 1990, jumped by 138% (in terms of the number of cases) in 2012. According to scholars, it has not yet been possible to conclude the causes of this increase, but since 2010 more cases have been registered in the United States and also in Europe and, with the movement of tourists, the bacteria tend to spread.
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In Brazil there is scant scientific and technological information on native species to promote the interest of industries to produce herbal medicines
Recognized as a therapeutic method by the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) since 1992, of the 250,000 medicinal plants cataloged worldwide, 55,000 are found in Brazilian territory, proof of Brazil's great national biodiversity. Although no one knows for sure the size of the market for herbal medicines in Brazil – it is estimated to account for about 10% of the pharmaceutical industry...
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Scientists announce breakthroughs in the search for AIDS vaccine
Dengue infects three times more people than previously thought
Chagas disease and malaria are now problems of rich countries, says expert
Texas Tech Biologist Earns $1.6 Million NIH Grant to Find Weakness in Parasitic Leishmania
Famine in Somalia and the Failure of Data-Driven Humanitarianism
Plano urging residents to use smartphone app to help combat West Nile virus
Below is a selection of for this month of april of publications related to Tropical Medicine from important international journals.
John Snow's legacy: epidemiology without borders
Evolution. Great apes and zoonoses
Influence of HLA-C expression level on HIV control
Is Option B+ the best choice? Authors' reply
Molecular biology. 'Dead' enzymes show signs of life
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
28-29 May 2013
Conference "Advances in Plasmodium vivax Malaria Research" - Barcelona, Spain
07-10 agosto 2013
XLIX Congresso da SBMT - Centro de Convenções Arquiteto Rubens Gil Camilo – Campo Grande/MS
10 a 13 de set. de 2013
8th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and Internacional Health - Copenhagen
Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine - Center for Tropical Medicine - UNB
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