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06/16/2026 - At the start of the G7 summit in France, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva released a joint letter stating that a treaty requires urgent political support at the highest level, as “the next pandemic will not wait for us.” The document argues that international cooperation, equity, and knowledge-sharing are pillars for preventing the world from facing another health crisis unprepared. -
06/08/2026 - The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a joint continental preparedness and response plan on the ongoing Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus -
06/01/2026 - Representatives from governments, international organizations, academic institutions, and health professionals gathered in Rio de Janeiro to discuss strategies for integrated care, healthy ageing, innovation, and the strengthening of health systems. The meeting resulted in new cooperation commitments and consolidated a common agenda for Portuguese-speaking countries, focused on building more coordinated, inclusive, and people-centered models of care. -
05/26/2026 - The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) is accepting proposals until August 31st for the Afro-Brazilian Cooperation Program in Science and Technology - ProÁfrica 2026 call. -
05/25/2026 - The Joaquim Venâncio Polytechnic School of Health (EPSJV/Fiocruz) held, on May 15, the first meeting of the "2026-2028 Webinar Series - Scientific Initiation of Youth in Basic Education and in the Training of Health Technicians in Latin America" -
05/20/2026 - The Training Center of the Spanish Cooperation, located in the historic center of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, hosted the II Reflection Seminar on the Ibero-American Cooperation Strategy on May 6 and 7, 2026. The event gathered around 70 representatives from different bodies of the 22-country bloc with the goal of designing the strategic and operational mechanisms that will guide multilateral actions in the 2027–2030 quadrennium. This reflection, which takes place in a challenging global scenario, aims to allow the Ibero-American Cooperation (IC) to achieve results with a greater direct impact on citizens' quality of life. Under the leadership of the Pro Tempore Secretariat (PTS) of Spain, the seminar updates an institutional modernization process that had its first milestones at the Cádiz (2012) and Veracruz (2014) summits. -
05/18/2026 - The hantavirus (Andes virus) is the focus of a new alert from the World Health Organization (WHO), which highlights the risks of its rare human-to-human transmission. The pathogen, traditionally associated with contact with wild rodents, recently demonstrated its high contagion potential during an outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius. This incident resulted in 11 infections and three deaths, reinforcing the need for strict isolation protocols and international contact tracing to contain the spread of the disease. -
05/12/2026 - For International Nurses Day PAHO is calling on countries in the Americas to take decisive action to strengthen and expand the area of advanced practice nursing, which is a key strategy to improve access to health services. -
05/11/2026 - Next Friday, May 15, 2026, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM (Brasília Time), the first of five events in the “2026-2028 Webinar Series - Scientific Initiation of Youth in Basic Education and Health Technician Training in Latin America” will take place. The event, which will be broadcast bilingually (Portuguese and Spanish) on the EPSJV YouTube channel, will be coordinated by the Laboratory of Scientific Initiation in Basic Education (LIC-PROVOC) of the Joaquim Venâncio Polytechnic School of Health (EPSJV/Fiocruz). -
05/07/2026 - Fiocruz brought together representatives of social movements, traditional communities, researchers and public officials in a conference marked by broad public participation. The meeting reinforced the importance of collectively building pathways for Agenda 2030 and led to the proposal to include action against ecocide as a strategic theme in the debate on sustainable development, socio-environmental justice and human rights.
