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Global Health and Tropical Medicine

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Big Data in tropical medicine: an overview of the scientific knowledge and technology in malaria in the world and the contribution of Portugal 

The 21st century has brought great challenges to the management of information and knowledge in all areas of science. In public health, there is a major issue due to problems of tropical diseases for developing countries and least developed countries. For developed countries, the same problem because of the appearance of reemerging diseases, climate change […]
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Global Collaborative Knowledge Network

Collaborative transnational research and action to promote health for all can be translated as Global Health. The 21st century brought the need for teams to increasingly work on scientific and technological research networks because of the sheer volume of data in this new millennium. New models of work need to be created to accelerate the […]
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Big Data for health research and open science: a contribution to knowledge management

In times of great volumes data on the web on a daily basis, this study aims to reflect about public health and, at the same time, the potential of open scientific research and the context of its complexity in knowledge management. The available data volume on the web exceeds 2.5 x 1018 new bytes / day. These data are […]
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An Overview of the Open Science in Times of Big Data and Innovation to Global Health

The last several years have revealed information technology and scientific data to be important allies. However, the most important scientific ally is that which can assist in the complex task of identifying, collecting and treating the exponential amount of data added to the Web every day in the XXI century. Moreover, the volume of this […]
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About GHTM

GHTM is a R&D Unit that brings together researchers from IHMT with a track record in Tropical Medicine and International/Global Health. It aims at strengthening Portugal's role as a leading partner in the development and implementation of a global health research agenda. Our evidence-based interventions contribute to the promotion of equity in health and to improve the health of populations.

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