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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" -
05/18/2026 - 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. -
04/29/2026 - The World Health Organization conducted Exercise Polaris II, a two-day global simulation that brought together 26 countries, around 600 experts, and more than 25 partners to test, under near real-life conditions, the capacity to respond to a health emergency caused by a fictional pathogen. The initiative enabled the assessment of countries’ preparedness, strengthened international coordination, improved information flow, and operationalized strategic frameworks such as the Global Health Emergency Corps (GHEC). -
04/22/2026 - The second call for Projects and Initiatives for Triangular Cooperation between Ibero-America and the Portuguese-speaking African Countries (PALOP) is now open. The application period runs from April 6 to June 1, 2026. -
04/14/2026 - The World Health Organization (WHO) has convened the historic first Global Forum of Collaborating Centres—one of the world’s largest and most diverse public health networks—bringing together representatives from over 800 institutions designated as WHO Collaborating Centres (CCs) across more than 80 countries.