Health

Distinct inflammatory profile underlies pathological increases in creatinine levels associated with Plasmodium vivax malaria clinical severity

Although Plasmodium vivax infection is a frequent cause of malaria worldwide, severe presentations have been more regularly described only in recent years. In this setting, despite clinical descriptions of multi-organ involvement, data associating it with kidney dysfunction are relatively scarce. Here, renal dysfunction is retrospectively analyzed in a large cohort of vivax malaria patients with an attempt to dissect its association with disease severity and mortality, and to determine the role of inflammation in its progression.

Publication Date: 
29/03/2018
Luís A. B. Cruz, Manoel Barral-Netto, Bruno B. Andrade
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
1-14
Tags:
Malaria, Vector Borne Diseases, Brazil, Amazon, South America
Water Supply

Water rationing in Brazil's capital to end by December, says governor

Water rationing in Brazil's capital - one of an increasing number of cities facing shortages - will end by December with the completion of an expanded supply system, said the region's governor.

Publication Date: 
22/03/2018
Thompson Reuters Foundation (TRUST)
Tags:
Water Supply, Drinking Water, Water Management, Brazil, Water Demand, Drinking Water Scarcity
Water Supply

World water conference starts after dire UN warning

Brazilian President Michel Temer opened an international conference on world water supplies in Brasilia on Monday, saying there is "no time to lose" to avoid disaster.

Publication Date: 
20/03/2018
World Bulletin
Tags:
Water Supply, Water Management, Global, Brazil, Benefit Sharing, South Africa, Africa
Water Supply

UNESCO Study: More Investment Needed in ‘Green’ Water Management Systems

Population growth, changing consumption patterns and development are taking their toll on the world’s water supplies, and governments need to rely more on ‘green’ water management to ensure a healt

Publication Date: 
20/03/2018
Voice of America
Tags:
Water Supply, Drinking Water, Water Management, Drinking Water Scarcity, UNESCO, Global, Brazil, Consumption Patterns
Forests

Brazilian ‘quilombo’ community entitled with 220,000 hectares of rainforest

Longtime residents of one of the country’s thousands of Quilombo communities have been given land titles for the first time.

Publication Date: 
08/03/2018
Mongabay
Tags:
Forests, Brazil, Amazon, Tribals, Land, South America
Health

Medicine procurement and the use of flexibilities in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, 2001–2016

Millions of people, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, lack access to effective pharmaceuticals, often because they are unaffordable. The 2001 Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) adopted the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) Agreement and Public Health. The declaration recognized the implications of intellectual property rights for both new medicine development and the price of medicines.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2018
Ellen FM't Hoen, Jacquelyn Veraldi, Brigit Toebes & et al
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
96
3
185-193
Tags:
Drugs, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), WTO, India, Developing Countries, Drug Industry, Brazil, Thailand, Switzerland, United States Of America (US)
Energy

A comparison of induced land-use change emissions estimates from energy crops

The introduction of the first generation of biofuels made from food crops has been controversial largely due to concerns over competition for land with food crops, thus raising global crop prices and generating induced land-use change (ILUC).

Publication Date: 
06/02/2018
Nikita Pavlenko, Stephanie Searle
International Council on Clean Transportation
Tags:
Biofuel, Bio Fuel Crops, Carbon Intensity, Land Use, Green House Gases, Brazil, Europe, United States Of America (US)
Forests

Carbon pricing could save millions of hectares of tropical forest: new study

Recently published research in the journal Environmental Research Letters found that setting a price of $20 per metric ton (about $18/short ton) of carbon dioxide could diminish deforestation b

Publication Date: 
06/02/2018
Mongabay
Tags:
Forests, Carbon Dioxide, Tropical Forests, Carbon Sinks, Deforestation, Green House Gases, Carbon Offset, Brazil, COP 21 (Paris)
Health

Cancer crippling global economy with N417.6 trillion lost yearly

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have alerted that the economic impact of cancer is significant and is increasing as the total yearly e

Publication Date: 
05/02/2018
Guardian (Nigeria)
Tags:
Health, Cancer, Global, Economy, Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, WHO
Health

Brazil declares yellow fever emergency in Minas Gerais

Brazil's south-eastern state of Minas Gerais has declared a public health emergency following a deadly outbreak of yellow fever.

Publication Date: 
22/01/2018
BBC (UK)
Tags:
Health, Brazil, Diseases, Vector Borne Diseases, WHO

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