Funding Information: Mathieu Boniol\u2014Health Workforce Department, World Health Organization\u2014WHO Geneva, Switzerland for helpful discussions and guidance. Project developed in response to WHO\u2019s call 2021-016_UHC-HWF_WrkforceIntel published by the funder; grant registration number 2021/1175760-0\u2014Purchase Order 20275943\u2014Unit Reference HWF/HWP. Centro de Estudos, Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento T...
OBJECTIVE: To calculate the alcohol per capita consumption (APC) in Brazil (Brazil APC) using national data and to establish the Brazil APC as gold standard for the country, replacing the indicator previously calculated by the World Health Organization (WHO) based on international data. METHOD: The Brazilian public data sources necessary for calculating the recorded APC were selected, and the alcohol concentrat...
Funding Information: Centro de Estudos, Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico em Saúde Colectiva (CEPESC) provided management/administrative support. Portuguese Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia provides funds to Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM), Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IHMT/UNL) (GHTM UID/04413/2020). The authors wish to thank Dr. Giorgio Cometto (He...
Funding Information: The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology provided funds to Global Health and Tropical Medicine (UID/04413/2020) and Comprehensive Health Research Center (UIDP/04923/2020). This project was funded by a grant from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (reference number: EXPL/SAU-EPI/0067/2021). Publisher Copyright: © 2024 JMIR Publications Inc.. All rights reserved....
Funding Information: Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e a Tecnologia for funds to GHTM - UID/04413/2020 and LA-REAL \u2013 LA/P/0117/2020. Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2024 Manguele, Sidat, Ferrinho, Cabral and Craveiro.; Introduction: Strikes in the health sector have been of growing concern, given their disruptive nature, negatively impacting the provision of health care and jeopardizing the well-be...
541708048). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, the decision to publish, or the preparation of the manuscript.; Background: African research capacity is challenged by insufficient infrastructure to solicit and manage grants from local and international funding agencies. Objective: The manuscript provides an overview and discusses lessons learned about the pioneering role of th...
Funding Information: The APC was funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia for funds to GHTM—UID/04413/2020 and LA-REAL – LA/P/0117/2020. Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2024.; Background: The occurrence of strikes in the health sector has been an increasing concern around the world, given their negative impact on the provision of services and care to patients. The Mozambican doctors' strike in 2013...
Publisher Copyright: © 2024 by the authors. Acknowledgments Centro de Estudos, Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico em Saúde Colectiva (CEPESC) and Instituto de Medicina Social at Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (IMS/UERJ) provided management/administrative support. The Portuguese Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia provides funds to Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM), the Instituto de Higie...