Contributing to Elimination of Cross-Border Malaria Through a Standardized Solution for Case Surveillance, Data Sharing, and Data Interpretation: Development of a Cross-Border Monitoring System
Background: Cross-border malaria is a significant obstacle to achieving malaria control and elimination worldwide. Objective: This study aimed to build a cross-border surveillance system that can make comparable and qualified data available to all parties involved in malaria control between French Guiana and Brazil. Methods: Data reconciliation rules based on expert knowledge were defined and applied to the heterogeneous data provided by the existing malaria surveillance systems of both countries.
Kdr genotyping in Aedes aegypti from Brazil on a nation-wide scale from 2017 to 2018
Insecticide resistance is currently a threat to the control of Aedes agypti, the main vector of arboviruses in urban centers. Mutations in the voltage gated sodium channel (NaV), known as kdr (knockdown resistance), constitute an important selection mechanism for resistance against pyrethroids. In the present study, we investigated the kdr distribution for the Val1016Ile and Phe1534Cys alterations in Ae.
Análise de Situação em Clima e Saúde
A mudança global do clima apresenta expressiva relevância na agenda de governos, das empresas e da sociedade. Embora apresente algumas divergências, o aquecimento do planeta, fruto da atividade humana é, hoje, reconhecido pela comunidade científica internacional e pelo Governo Brasileiro, como fenômeno que demanda amplo comprometimento no desenvolvimento de ações voltadas para a redução das emissões de gases do efeito estufa, chamadas ações de mitigação e as ações de adaptação para enfrentamento da mudança do clima.