Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives is launched by the UN
The plan was developed by twelve multilateral agencies, with the collaboration of the president of Fiocruz. Read more
News
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation launches online knowledge hub on The Global Health Network
Fiocruz is a leading institution of science and a public health in Latin America. The hub features virtual courses, information and news. Read more
Growth of unemployment increases mortality rate
The research was published in The Lancet Global Health. Results show that afro-descendants suffer more. Read more
BRICS sign cooperation with Global Network of Human Milk Bank
The action will be coordinated by the Fiocruz Brazilian Human Milk Bank Network. Read more
UNFPA and Fiocruz promote workshop to implement actions
The results of the meeting will be taken to the Nairobi Summit, 25 years after the Internacional Conference on Population and Development. Read more
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ICH Bonnes Pratiques Cliniques
Good Clinical Laboratory Practice guidelines describe the application of those Good Laboratory Practice principles that are relevant to the analyses of samples from clinical trials while ensuring the purpose and objectives of the Good Clinical Practice principles are maintained. Good Clinical Laboratory Practice is a multi-module course for all those wanting to gain an in-depth understanding of GCLP and how each principle of GCLP can be applied in clinical trial laboratory.
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Open and collaborative review of scientific articles: are we ready for the next step?
Whether performed by one person alone or by many people, the readers of the resulting scientific article would never know about what had actually happened during the critical review of the manuscript, which sometimes ends in closed negotiations among editors, reviewers and authors. This closed feature of scientific peer reviewing has endured for at least 300 years. Is now the time to change this practice? We think so!
