Genetic diversity and population structure of Plasmodium falciparum over space and time in an African archipelago

Authors: Figueiredo RC, Pinto J, Salgueiro P, Vicente JL
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: Infection Genetics and Evolution
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1567134816302258?via%3Dihub

The archipelago of São Tomé and Principe (STP), West Africa, has suffered the heavy burden of malaria since the 16th century. Until the last decade, when after a successful control program STP has become a low transmission country and one of the few nations with decreases of more than 90% in malaria admission and death […]
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Health promotion teaching in post-graduation in international public health in the context of the Bologna process

Authors: Dias S, Gama A
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: Saúde e Sociedade
Link: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-12902016000300771

In recent decades it has been highlighted the need to renew higher education through the Bologna process to meet the demands of a new society. Simultaneously, public health and health promotion have evolved towards the achievement of the aspiration of increasing the years of healthy life, reducing health inequalities and facing the multiple health problems […]
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Distress and unemployment: the related economic and noneconomic factors in a sample of unemployed adults

Authors: Caldas de Almeida JM, de Matos MG, Frasquilho D, Gaspar T, Marques A
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: International Journal of Public Health
Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00038-016-0806-z

Authors: Aguas MJ, Araújo C, Batista T, Castro R, Mansinho K, Pereira FDLM
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis
Link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcla.21913/epdf

BACKGROUND: Laboratory diagnosis of neurosyphilis is complicated especially when it is asymptomatic, no single laboratory test result being appropriate to diagnose central nervous system infectivity caused by Treponema pallidum. Our objective was to evaluate two polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques for the detection of T. pallidum DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with […]
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A tale of loss of privilege, resilience and change: The impact of the economic crisis on physicians and medical services in Portugal

Authors: Barros PP, Perelman J, Rego I, Russo G
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: Health Policy
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168851016301877?via%3Dihub

That the current economic crisis is having an impact on population health and healthcare utilisation across Europe is fairly established; how national health systems and markets are reacting is however still poorly understood. Drawing from the economic literature we conducted 21 interviews with physicians, policy-makers and healthcare managers in Portugal, to explore their perceptions on […]
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Genetic diversity and population structure of Plasmodium falciparum over space and time in an African archipelago

Health promotion teaching in post-graduation in international public health in the context of the Bologna process

Distress and unemployment: the related economic and noneconomic factors in a sample of unemployed adults

Detection of Treponema pallidum Sp. Pallidum DNA in Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) by Two PCR Techniques

A tale of loss of privilege, resilience and change: The impact of the economic crisis on physicians and medical services in Portugal

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