Malaria is an infectious disease transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes that represents an important risk to global health. In 2018 there were 228 million cases, 405,000 of which resulted in death. The infection is controlled mainly by controlling the vector, that is, the mosquito that transmits the disease. However, in recent years, mosquitoes have become […]
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Assessing Health Literacy and Health-Seeking Behaviour in Men – Challenges and Opportunities for Global Health Initiatives INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 11th February 2020 Scientific committee: Inês Fronteira (coordinator), Maria do Rosário Oliveira Martins, Karina Kielmann Vennue: Room Cambournac, IHMT – UNL, Lisbon Short description: Health literacy is the capacity of individuals to access, understand and use health […]
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The 2nd AIM-COST Annual Conference will be devoted to the theme Surveillance of Aedes invasive mosquitoes in Europe and will involve keynote lectures and oral communications on three major topics: i) surveillance and risk mapping; ii) Monitoring insecticide resistance; iii) Policies and guidelines. The provisional agenda of the Conference is attached. A call for abstracts […]
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Project BIOSAFE: Preventing antimicrobial resistance in the community – the safe use of biocides has launched a website with the main activities and results of the project (http://biosafe.ihmt.unl.pt/). The BIOSAFE project – from the GHTM members Isabel Couto and Sofia Santos Costa – aims to understand the role played by the use of biocides and antibiotics in the community on the […]
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GHTM participates in the Poster Session entitled “Research Highlights of the Work Developed in Different Scientific Areas by PhD Students at NOVA University Lisbon” with the scientific contribution of 5 PhD students who make known their research work: André Pereira, Alexandra Vasconcelos , Dinamene Oliveira, Hélio Rocha and Joana Couto.
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