Realities and professional expectations of medical students attending Guinea Bissau’s medical school in 2007 school year.

Authors: Dussault G, Ferrinho P, Fronteira I, Mercer H, Pereira C, Rodrigues A, Silva AP
Journal: Acta Médica Portuguesa
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=REALITIES+AND+PROFESSIONAL+EXPECTATIOONS+OF+MEDICAL+STUDENTES+ATTENDING+Guinea+Bissau%27s+Medical+School+in+2007+school+year

In Guinea Bissau, the majority of university level professionals are still being trained abroad and most of them do not return to their country. This was a major incentive for creating Guinea Bissau’s Medical School.
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Syphilis diagnosis made from oral mucosal lesions

Authors: Borges-Costa J, Filipe P, Uva L
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: Acta Médica Portuguesa
Link: http://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/4751

Authors: Nina J
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: Acta Médica Portuguesa
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25409219

Ebolavirosis, like Marburgvirosis, are African zoonosis, and for both the primary animal reservoir are bats. It is a typical acute haemorrhagic fever, characterized by a high lethality rate. In an outbreak, the human index case became infected after contact with an infected animal or its blood, in most cases during hunting.
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Schistosomiasis and Acute Appendicitis

Authors: Belo S, Clemente H, Costa S, Figueiredo J, Grácio MA, Lourenco A, Santos A
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: Acta Médica Portuguesa
Link: http://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/5150

Acute appendicitis associated to Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni infection has been found in patients submitted to urgent appendectomy at the Hospital Américo Boavida in Luanda. Due to the high prevalence and morbidity caused by schistosomiasis (or bilharziasis) in the country, we suspect that the involvement of Schistosoma infection on appendicular pathology could be very frequent, in particular for those individuals more exposed to the parasite transmission.
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Integrated Disease management: A critical synthesis of research

Authors: Coelho A, Dussault G, Leone C, Ribeiro V, Sá Moreira P
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: Acta Médica Portuguesa
Link: http://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/viewFile/4758/3885

The present article reviews findings from empirical evaluations of integrated disease management programmes. The objective is to provide insights on integration levels, priority interventions and their effect on patient outcomes.
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Realities and professional expectations of medical students attending Guinea Bissau’s medical school in 2007 school year.

Syphilis diagnosis made from oral mucosal lesions

Ebolavirosis: a 2014 Review for Clinicians

Schistosomiasis and Acute Appendicitis

Integrated Disease management: A critical synthesis of research

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