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IHMT: 115 years of science, tropical public health and lusophone culture
Hartz, Zulmira M. A.; Ferrinho, Paulo; Fortunato, Paula.
4th National Congress of Tropical Medicine and 1st Lusophone Meeting on AIDS, T...
Viveiros, Miguel; Matos, OlgaThe Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in Lisbon (IHMT) and the Association for the Development of Tropical Medicine (ADMT) organized the 4th National Congress of Tropical Medicine (CNMT) on April 19-21, 2017 in Lisbon in tandem with the 1st Lusophone Meeting on AIDS, Tuberculosis and Opportunistic Diseases, integrating the 115th anniversary of the IHMT. This biennial event brought together scientists a...
International Colloquium of the Lusofrancophone Conference of Health (COLUFRAS)
Cupertino de Barros, Fernando P.The author discusses the Lusofrancophone Health Conference (COLUFRAS) focusing on the International Colloquium promoted by it together with the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine of the New University of Lisbon in 2017, with the objective of discussing the problems of the impacts of traffic accidents on health and, in particular, the strategies used to deal with the problem. In order to do so, it is a s...
4th National Congress of Tropical Medicine - Chronic respiratory diseases and t...
Conceição, Cláudia; Viveiros, Miguel; Cruz, Deolinda; Rosado Pinto, JoséOn the 18th of April of 2017, the Institute of Tropical Medicine of the Nova University of Lisbon IHMT held the Pre-Congress Seminar, "Chronic respiratory diseases and tuberculosis". The seminar was organised comprising the following objectives: to increase the visibility and importance of chronic respiratory diseases in lusophone and international space; to provide opportunity of collaboration in the Lusophone...
Phylogenetics and population genetics tools for vectors and vector-borne pathog...
Salgueiro, PatríciaPhylogenetics and Population Genetics provide knowledge on ecological and evolutionary processes significant to vector-borne diseases, through the analysis of spatial and temporal patterns of genetic variation in arthropod vectors and their pathogens. The Centre for Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM) / Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (IHMT) hosted an international Training School on “Phylogen...
Leveraging artificial intelligence to improve malaria epidemics' response
Lapão, Luís V.; Maia, Mélanie R.; Gregório, JoãoAs the world advances toward malaria elimination, the elimination management paradigm has to change to address early case detection in more local and remote areas. Remote areas face additional difficulties in both detection and treatment demanding innovative approaches. Malaria elimination needs evidence-based decision-making with real-time access to malaria-cases data. Years of endeavor towards malaria elimina...
Malaria transmission: current challenges and new tools in the elimination conte...
Craveiro, Isabel; Gonçalves, Luzia; Varanda, Jorge; Salgueiro, PatríciaLately, regardless of considerable progress in the elimination of malaria, this disease remains a major public health problem in tropical regions, prevailing in countries with weak health systems. Increased investment in recent decades resulted in the development of new tools and solutions for the control of the parasitic disease with the greatest impact on humanity. The Centre for Global Health and Tropical Me...
Case report: 28 year-old female with fever and thrombocytopenia
Lemos, Carlos; Vaz Carneiro, Cristina; Miranda, AnaBACKGROUND: Malaria needs to be considered during examination febrile patients who traveled from endemic regions. Current blood cells analyzers are not specifically designed to detect malaria-related abnormalities. Therefore, observation of peripheral blood smear (PBS) is still necessary for malaria diagnosis. CASE PRESENTATION: A 28 year-old female living in Angola attended to a medical appointment witth fever...
Stories from the past and everyday experiences of malaria: Portugal, 1930-1960
Saavedra, MónicaThis article is a brief history of malaria in Portugal, from 1930 up to 1960. It centres on the memories and discourses of former rural workers about their personal experiences of “having malaria”. It takes these memories as the methodological standpoint to analyse the complexity of malaria, a disease with broad social, ecological, economic and political dimensions. The article also highlights the multiplicity ...
The first "GHTM Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Day"
Santos Costa, Sofia; Couto, IsabelThe R&D Center Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM), Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa organized the “First GHTM Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Day” on 15th November 2017, dedicated to drug resistance. This first meeting, with seven presentations from members, national and international collaborators of the Center, launched the basis for the discussion of this t...