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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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 Center on Disease Control,  Songkhla, […]
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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 based on population replacement by […]
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