The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) is the most prominent Institution of Science and Technology in Health in Latin America.
Its collaborative and open access Hub at TGHN aims to strengthen networks and improve capacities for public health research regionally and globally, by providing a vibrant virtual environment where professionals, students and researchers can share experiences, knowledge, resources and research tools.
Fiocruz is affiliated to the Brazilian Ministry of Health, and its mission is to produce, disseminate and share knowledge and technologies, aiming at strengthening and consolidating the Unified Health System (SUS, acronym in Portuguese for the Brazilian public health system) and the promotion of health and quality of life for the population.
Here, you can benefit from Fiocruz expertise in education to access the e-learning courses that have qualified over 1,8 million Brazilian health professionals. You also find publications with the most recent research findings, as well as information and news about Fiocruz.
The Lancet Regional Health - Americas
Available online 14 July 2021, 100014
Younger Brazilians hit by COVID-19 – What are the implications?
Raphael Mendonça Guimarães; Margareth Crisóstomo Portela; Daniel Antunes Maciel Villela; Gustavo Correa Matta; Carlos Machadode Freitas
29/06/2021 Luiz A. C. Galvão, Mariya Bezgrebelna, Sean Kidd, Nísia Trindade Lima* The notion that health crises unfairly and disproportionately affect vulnerable populations was observed and documented during the greatest health crisis of this century. Furthermore, studies have shown that ... Read more
Available in Portuguese, English and Spanish
Available in English and Portuguese
The course presents general concepts of yellow fever, aimed at health professionals who work in primary healthcare. At the end of this course, you will be able to:
