Global Health and Tropical Medicine
In this very brief interview with João Paulo Sacadura, we talked about the importance of travel medicine, the threats imposed to tourists by Zika and other viruses, including Ebola, and some of my most memorable recollections of doing human-baited mosquito collections in Portugal. Listen to the interview here.
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The GHTM Coordinator, Prof Henrique Silveira and the Researcher Fatima Nogueira, visited Prof. Theerakamol Pengsakul, at the Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai Songkhla, Thailand. During the visit several activities were made: 1) Informal meetings were held at the Office of Disease Prevention and Control Center and the Medical Laboratory […]
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Within the framework of the University California Irvine Malaria Initiative (UCIMI), VBD Group Leader, João Pinto, has participated in a series of meetings with stakeholders in São Tomé and Príncipe. The objectives were to discuss the implementation of a baseline survey on mosquito bioecology and community engagement towards vector control […]
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GHTM was rated excellent in the FCT 2017/2018 R&D Unit evaluation. The Evaluation Results were published today by FCT. GHTM report can be seen on page 37 from the Panel Report. Congratulations to all GHTM members.
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GHTM member, João Pinto, carried out a training action on genotyping of knockdown resistance mutations (kdr) in malaria vectors at the National Institute of Public Health (INSP) of Cape Verde. The training took place in the Medical Entomology laboratory of INSP, located in Praia, between the 20 and the 24 […]
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The GHTM Scientific Coordinator, Henrique Silveira, and the Coordinator of Project Office, Sofia Santos, received in IHMT, on May 22, the participants of the 2nd edition of the Science Management Course, sponsored by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and La Caixa Foundation.
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