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Brasília, DF 11/03/2024 . A ministra da Saúde, Nisia Trindade, participa da abertura do  Seminário para Concepção e Criação do Memorial da Pandemia da Covid-19  Foto: Fabio Rodrigues-Pozzebom/ Agência Brasil
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Health Ministry unveils creation of memorial for COVID‑19 victims

The chosen location for the memorial, Health Minister Nísia Trindade said, is the ministry’s Cultural Center in Rio de Janeiro. The disease is reported to have killed 710 thousand Brazilians.

Brasília (DF), 14/08/2023 - A ministra da Saúde, Nísia Trindade, participa da cerimônia de acolhimento dos profissionais do Programa Mais Médicos para o Brasil. Foto: Wilson Dias/Agência Brasil
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“More Doctors” program: 624 municipalities to receive 1,500 physicians

In 2024, the program opened a selection process for the first time to serve vulnerable populations, such as people deprived of their liberty or homeless.

Cerca de 3,5 milhões de doses de vacina contra a febre amarela foram enviadas ao Brasil pelo Grupo de Coordenação Internacional para Fornecimento de Vacinas
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Brazil doubles yellow fever vaccine production capacity

The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation's Institute of Immunobiological Technology is now able to fulfill vaccine orders from both the Health Ministry and the UN, among others.

Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 09/02/2024 - Especial para matéria - Mosquitos com Wolbachia reduzem casos de dengue em Niterói.
Foto: Flávio Carvalho/WMP Brasil/Fiocruz
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Brazilian research detects Zika, chikungunya viruses in mosquito eggs

The study was conducted by nine scientists from the Federal University of Goiás. The conclusion is that the vertical transmission to Aedes aegypti eggs—without passing through a host—serves as a new warning to health authorities.

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Ministry of Health investigates cases of Oropouche fever in Acre

A team from the Ministry of Health is in the northern state of Acre this week to review cases reported as dengue fever which are in fact Oropouche fever.