The platform was developed as part of BIPMed, the Brazilian Initiative on Precision Medicine.

A total of 739 suspected cases of newborn babies with microcephaly have already been identified throughout Brazil so far this year, compared to 147 diagnosed cases in 2014.

Cattle were given parasite-killing drug and area was sprayed with insecticide. This cut cases of human sleeping sickness by 90 per cent in Uganda

The statement was made by Keith Carter, the organization’s senior advisor on malaria, in his opening words to the São Paulo School of Advanced Sciences on Malaria Eradication.

Susana Belmartino fue una de las grandes historiadoras de Argentina, una referente en la Historia de la Salud Pública.

Campbell and Ōmura win for their work on a therapy against roundworm, sharing the prize with Tu for her work on a therapy against malaria.

The University of York is to collaborate with the Wellcome Trust and the WHO to produce a high-profile series of seminars examining key issues in global bioethics in October.

Gabriela Soto Laveaga (University of California), Karina Ramacciotti (Universidad de Buenos Aires) and Paul Drinot (University College London) will contribute to the internationalization of the journal.

The results of a small study appear to show that a three month course of daily fish oil capsules could reduce the rate of psychotic disorders in young people.

This joint project of História, Ciências, Saúde– Manguinhos and the Journal of Latin American Studies aims to strengthen collaboration between UK and Brazilian academic communities in the field of Latin American studies.