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[h=1]Brazil and the US begin study in Para?ba about microcephaly associated with the Zika virus[/h]
Goal and assess the risks of infection and association with other diseases. more than a thousand mothers and babies will be analyzed. In a meeting with the Minister of Health, Marcelo Castro, the EU announces ? 10 million for research on Zika
The Ministry of Health, in partnership with the government of Para?ba and the Central Control and Communicable Disease Prevention (CDC) of the United States, starting on Tuesday (16) A case-control study of microcephaly related to Zika virus in Brazil . The research will include the participation of 17 experts from the CDC, nine of the Ministry of Health, and the Para?ba government officials. The objective of the research is to estimate the proportion of babies born with microcephaly associated with Zika, besides the risk of virus infection.
"Brazil has been working in partnership with other countries and is available to the WHO from the start, giving priority to research and investment in new technologies that work together to find solutions and improve care," said Health Minister, Marcelo Castro.
The announcement was made by Health Minister, Marcelo Castro, during a meeting on Tuesday (16) with 24 ambassadors of the member states of the European Union in Brasilia to present the measures adopted by Brazil to face the Aedes aegypti mosquito, transmitter dengue, chikungunya fever and Zika virus. On the occasion, Ambassador of the European Union, Jo?o Cravinho, said the Minister of opening a search for a credit line of EUR 10 million for studies on Zika. All institutions in the world may participate in the tender should be launched on March 15.
"Science today has no boundaries. The intention is to create alliances between Brazilian institutions and institutions in other parts of the world. It is expected that the document will enable the creation of international consortia, joining the best institutions specialized in these areas, "said Cravinho.
The CDC team arrived in Brazil to begin this week to research. meetings will be made with local authorities and field studies with interviews and collecting blood samples for additional tests of Zika and other diseases such as cytomegalovirus and toxoplasmosis. Paraiba is the second state with the highest number of suspected cases of microcephaly in the country. In all, 756 cases were reported, 54 confirmed, 275 and 427 disposed in research.
The work will be carried out for 50 days with gathering information from women who had babies with or without microcephaly recently in the state. In each case with microcephaly, will be chosen three mothers from the same region whose baby does not have the disease. The expectation is that about a thousand mothers and babies are assessed. The study should end in April this year.
Since 2012, the Ministry of Health has partnered with the CDC for cooperation in health issues. This is another activity that cooperation involving the two countries. Regarding the current investigation, the CDC participates in a study of Guillain Barre in Bahia, and are collaborating with the laboratory area studies of Pernambuco Fiocruz on the relationship of the Zika virus and microcephaly.
The Minister of Health, Marcelo Castro says that Brazil has been a player in the face of increased cases of microcephaly. "When decree Emergencies in Public National Importance Health signaled to the World Health Organization the possibility of an internationally important event and, since then, we put ourselves at the disposal of the organization for clarification and supply of technical materials," said the minister .
In the coming days 23 and 24 February, Brazil is visited the WHO's director general, Margaret Chan to accompany the current government efforts to combat Zika and microcephaly. The invitation was made by the Brazilian government to WHO to monitor and understand the initiatives in Brazil.
COOPERATION - Last week, the Minister of Health, Marcelo Castro, announced the first international agreement for the development of vaccine Zika virus. The research will be conducted jointly by the Brazilian government and the University of Texas Medical Branch in the United States. For this, it will be made available by the Brazilian government US $ 1.9 million over the next five years.
According to the work schedule, the forecast is for product development in two years. The partnership in Brazil to vaccine development will be with the Evandro Chagas (IEC) Institute, an agency of the Ministry of Health.
Investment in new technologies is one of the pillars of the National Plan to Aedes and microcephaly being run by the federal government with the involvement of all federal agencies, as well as partnership with state and local governments.
The plan is designed to contain new cases of microcephaly related to Zika virus and support to pregnant women and babies. It is the result of the creation of the Strategic Group Interministerial Emergency Public Health National and International Importance. The plan is divided into three lines of action: Mobilization and Combat Mosquito, Assistance to People and Development, Education and Research.
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