The Butantan Institute and Fiocruz supply most of Brazil’s jabs, serums, and other immunobiologicals under the National Immunization Program (PNI)—which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. That is one of the reasons mentioned by specialists explaining the program’s success.
To prevent the spread of tuberculosis four years ago, research foundation Fiocruz started designing the project Habitação Saudável (“Healthy Housing”). However, the foundation seeks funding to expand the initiative.
On average, 21.3% of the fish available in local markets and consumed by families in the Amazon region exceed safe mercury limits," announced Fiocruz in a statement.
The agreement between Brazil’s federally funded research foundation Fiocruz and China’s Center of Excellence for Emerging Infectious Disease was signed in Beijing and includes the construction of research centers in both countries.
Research foundation Fiocruz has signed a deal with the World Mosquito Program to expand the use of Wolbachia bacteria against these diseases, which are transmitted through the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito.