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The coordinators of disciplines and education at distance staff met on Tuesday, February 3rd, to detail the new educational initiative of Nethis/Fiocruz, the course "International Development Cooperation: Specificities of the health area". The prediction is that it will be available to the public in the second half of 2015, with…
Ultraprocessed food is empty in nutrients and rich in salt, sugar, fat and other chemicals. Picture: Danilo Takano / stock.xchng Cakes, packaged soups, breads, cookies, lasagna, pizza, hamburger, soda, refreshments. What do these foods have in common? In addition to being easy to consume, because they…
Shallow explanations for corruption are tempting, but have limited period of validity Ligia Bahia, professor at UFRJ. Picture: O Globo One has to admit that the spirit for New Year's Eve Parties is not of euphoria. On the exhibition from the depths of large business "models"…
It's amazing the power of intimidation of the tobacco industry. Not enough commercializing a product that causes chemical dependency and robs on average 12 years of a man's life and 11 years of a woman's life, the makers insist the continuing crime to press the authorities to prevent the application…
Four out of every 10 Brazilians have at least one chronic disease, non-transferable set of diseases which accounts for more than 70 of the causes of deaths in Brazil. They are diseases such as hypertension, heart related, cancer, diabetes and depression. This is the diagnosis of the 2013 National Health…
The scarcity of financial and human resources, the frequent change in the political scenario and the lack of coordination among institutions involved in cooperation in the health of IBSA Forum – India, Brazil and South Africa Dialogue Forum – are some of the reasons cited for the "slow development and…
Cycle of Debates brought together researchers and authorities during day of lectures on Public Health School of Ceará The representative of the State University of Ceará professor Gláucia Posso Lima, the representative of the Federal University of Ceará Andrea Silvia Walter, the federal representative of Ceará…
Obesity has a weight of US$ 2 trillion for the global economy (or 2.8% of global GDP), who still struggle to recover from the financial crisis of 2008. The cost of this pest represents virtually the same of smoking or of wars and terrorism in the world, and it means…
The VI International Conferences on Bioethics Cycle of UnB performs the last session of Lectures of 2014 with professor Gloria Naranjo, Coordinator of the Ethics Committee for Clinical Research at the Clinical Research Center Foundation of Medellin, in Colombia. The event takes place next Thursday, November 20th, at 9:30, in…
