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Early Warning Systems and Emergency Declarations During Brazil's Largest Dengue Outbreak

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Early warning systems (EWSs) are essential for alert, detection, and response to potential public health emergencies. Brazil's 2024 dengue epidemic, the largest ever recorded, offers a critical case for assessing correspondence between timely epidemic risk detection and health governance responsiveness.
Lorena Guadalupe Barberia, Alexandra Crispim Boing, Natália de Paula Moreira, Murilo Motta, Guilherme Pereira Ferreira, Dara Aparecida Vilela Pinto, Luiz Antonio Couto Soares, João de Oliveira Gusmão, Ana Paula Magalhães Brito, Sabrina Almeida, Tatiane C. Moraes de Sousa   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk of Head and Neck Cancer in Former Smokers by Subsite: A Multicenter Analysis From the INHANCE Consortium

International Journal of Cancer, Volume 159, Issue 5, Page 1204-1217, 1 September 2026.
Tobacco use and alcohol consumption are primary risk factors for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, with combined use occurring in three‐quarters of cases. This large international study of former smokers shows that the risk reduction effect of smoking cessation occurs more slowly for laryngeal cancer than for other head and neck cancer subsites ...
Matheus de Abreu, Luiz Paulo Kowalski, Rossana Mendoza López, Christine Barul, Loredana Radoi, Ettore Bidoli, Jerry Polesel, Victor Wunsch‐Filho, Andrew F. Olshan, Jose Zevallos, Eva Negri, Valeria Edefonti, Beata Świątkowska, Dana Mates, Eleonora Fabianova, Jolanta Lissowska, Oxana Shangina, Paul Brennan, Tamas Pandics, Luigino Dal Maso, Hal Morgenstern, Zuo‐Feng Zhang, Karl Kelsey, Michael McClean, Carlo La Vecchia, Werner Garavello, Chu Chen, Stephen M. Schwartz, Heribert Ramroth, Volker Winkler, Gabriella Cadoni, Stefania Boccia, Hermann Brenner, Gypsyamber D'Souza, Neil Gross, Joshua Muscat, Mahsa Abedini, Michele Sassano, Paolo Boffetta, Mia Hashibe, Yuan‐Chin Amy Lee, Maria Paula Curado   +41 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association between vitamin D status and lifestyle factors in Brazilian women: Implications of Sun Exposure Levels, Diet, and Health

EClinicalMedicine, 2022
Summary: Background: Vitamin D deficiency has been documented to be prevalent, even in low latitude regions; and this may be related to sun exposure behaviors. The aim of the current study was to assess the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [
Keila Valente de Souza de Santana, Sofia Lizarralde Oliver, Marcela Moraes Mendes, Susan Lanham-New, Karen E Charlton, Helena Ribeiro   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnostic Performance of Comprehensive Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound for Pediatric Tuberculosis in Spain: A Prospective Observational Study

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, Volume 54, Issue 6, Page 1425-1432, July/August 2026.
In children with presumptive tuberculosis, comprehensive point‐of‐care (cPOCUS) identified key thoracic abnormalities with high specificity and excellent inter‐reader reliability. Although diagnostic sensitivity was modest and examinations often incomplete, cPOCUS shows promise as a complementary, radiation‐free imaging tool.
Isabelle Munyangaju, Antoni Noguera‐Julian, Aleix Soler‐Garcia, Antoni Soriano‐Arandes, José Miguel Escudero Fernández, Maria Espiau, Begoña Santiago Garcia, Alicia Hernanz‐Lobo, Ángel M. Lancharro Zapata, Enrique Ladera, Angela Manzanares, Daniel Blazquez, Elisa Aguirre Pascual, Isabelle Thierry‐Chef, Danilo Buonsenso, Xavier Serres‐Créixams, Quique Bassat, Elisa Lopez‐Varela   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pressing issues for oral care quality improvement: findings from the EU DELIVER project

BMC Public Health
Background While oral health often takes a backseat to other health domains, it silently affects nearly half of the Worldwide population. The DELIVER project, funded by the EU’s Horizon Europe program, seeks to develop a blueprint model for improving the
Paulo Melo, Leonor Frey-Furtado, Daniela Correia, Stefan Listl, Michael Lorenz, Nagihan Bostanci, Álvaro Azevedo, Maria Lurdes Pereira   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiologia da paralisia cerebral no Brasil pela perspectiva da Classificação Internacional de Funcionalidade, Incapacidade e Saúde

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, Volume 68, Issue 7, Page e89-e103, July 2026.
Resumo Objetivo Estabelecer uma descrição geral das pessoas com paralisia cerebral (PC) no Brasil, incluindo a epidemiologia, características clínicas, funcionalidade e acesso à reabilitação e equipamentos, pela perspectiva da Classificação Internacional de Funcionalidade, Incapacidade e Saúde (CIF), utilizando dados preliminares do Registro Brasileiro
Hércules Ribeiro Leite, Luana Cristina da Silva, Elton Duarte Dantas Magalhães, Israt Jahan, Nadia Badawi, Gulam Khandaker, Maysa Ferreira Martins Ribeiro, Juliana de Alcântara Moreira Pereira, Luma Sthephanine Viana Roque da Silva, Maria de las Mercedes Ruiz Brunner, Paula Silva de Carvalho Chagas   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pandemia pelo novo Coronavírus SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) – Atualizações

, 2020
A Organização Mundial da Saúde declarou em 30 de janeiro emergência de saúde pública global o surto infeccioso pelo SARS-CoV-2019. Reunimos links e relatórios técnicos úteis para o profissional de saúde e estudantes de Epidemiologia./CVE – 29 de janeiro ...
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Vigilância epidemiológica   +1 more
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Tuberculosis care for migrant patients in Portugal: a mixed methods study with primary healthcare providers

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is still a major global health problem. The increasing number of cases observed among foreign-born populations contrasts with the decreasing trends observed in later years in some high-income countries.
Ana Maria Tavares, Ana Cristina Garcia, Ana Gama, Ana B. Abecasis, Miguel Viveiros, Sónia Dias   +5 more
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Influence and convergence to higher standards: The dual examination of pharmaceutical patents in Brazil

The Journal of World Intellectual Property, Volume 29, Issue 2, Page 381-401, July 2026.
Abstract Between 2001 and 2021, pharmaceutical patent applications filed in Brazil were examined by the patent office (INPI) and the national health regulator (Anvisa). This paper investigates how health regulators can contribute to patent examination by shifting the set of criteria cited as grounds for 2589 negative decisions from both entities ...
Eduardo Mercadante
wiley   +1 more source

"FALTA UM JORGE": A SAÚDE NA POLÍTICA MUNICIPAL PARA MIGRANTES DE SÃO PAULO (SP) [PDF]

Lua Nova: Revista de Cultura e Política, 2016
Resumo A metrópole de São Paulo, em sua posição de cidade global, concentra processos transnacionais, entre eles a migração - atualmente, estima-se que residam oficialmente pouco mais de 370 mil imigrantes no município. Nesse contexto, cresce a interface
Isadora Steffens, Jameson Martins
doaj   +1 more source