Pedro Cravo, GHTM Cross-cutting Issue Drug Discovery & Resistance facilitator, has just published a review article about rodent malaria genetics as a model to unravel the mechanisms of drug resistance in malaria parasites of humans. This review was published in a special issue in memorian of the recently deceased Professor Richard Carter, from the University […]
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Immigrants are more vulnerable to the socioeconomic impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
A study published in Frontiers in Public Health, led by a GHTM researcher, shows that immigrants are more vulnerable to the socioeconomic impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This article aimed to analyze the socioeconomic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Amadora immigrant and native population. To this end, the authors explored whether pre-existing inequalities […]
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IHC-GHTM Research Group team were on a mission to Brazil
In order to participate in a field investigation and to prospect for new local collaborations, the researchers Marcelo Urbano Ferreira and Jorge Seixas, from GHTM Individual Health Care (IHC) Research Group went on a mission to Brazil, between 1st July to 12th July. The mission also included Simone Ladeia Andrade from Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. The […]
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GHTM Group leaders were on mission in Cape Verde
Between 5th and 11th June, the GHTM-IHMT Group leaders Maria do Rosário Martins (Population health, policies and services), Ana Paula Arez (Vector borne diseases and pathogens), Isabel Couto (Tuberculosis, HIV, opportunistic diseases and pathogens) and Marcelo Urbano Ferreira (Individual health care), visited Praia and Assomada cities, in Santiago Island, for a work mission. In order […]
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Professor Luís Sambo is the new member of Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
In his capacity of member of Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM), Sambo accepted the invitation to be part of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH), “the world’s largest alliance for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health and well-being”. To ensure that all women, infants and children remain healthy and thrive, the PMNCH […]
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