Les Maldives i Sri Lanka erradiquen la filariasis limfàtica
29 june 2016
Les illes Maldives i Sri Lanka, al nord de l'oceà Índic, han aconseguit eradicar la filariasis limfàtica, en el que suposa un avanç significatiu de la secció de l'OMS per a la regió del sud-est asiàtic contra les malalties tropicals. Aquesta malaltia desatesa ha copejat a la població de la zona durant dècades i havia obligat als malalts a arrossega un estigma derivat de la discriminació i la pobresa.
The Sanitary Parasitology Unit, an international FAO Reference Centre for parasitic animal diseases communicable to humans
24 june 2016
The central headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations have designated the Sanitary Parasitology Unit of the Universitat de València as an international Reference Centre for parasitic zoonotic diseases. These are animal diseases that are communicable to humans, such as leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, some types of schistosomiasis, fascioliasis or filariasis, among others.
Coneix algunes de les malalties més perilloses del món
17 may 2016
El Màster de Malalties Parasitàries Tropicals, dirigit per Santiago Mas-Coma, doctor honoris causa i membre de l’Organització Mundial de la Salut, i les seues col·laboradores, la doctora María Dolores Bargues Castelló i María Adela Valero Aleixandre, té ja les places disponibles.
Find out some of the world’s most dangerous diseases
17 may 2016
Master's Degree in Tropical Parasitic Diseases has now available places. It is led by doctor Honoris Causa, and member of World Health Organization Santiafo Mas-Coma, as well as their collaborators, doctor María Dolores Bargues Castelló and María Adela Valero Aleizandre.
The virus who does not love women.
17 may 2016
The knowledge generated thanks to the investigation must inform the affected women so that they can decide if delay pregnancy or the termination of it.
The first case of microcephaly in the fetus of a pregnant woman infected by Zika virus has generated -thanks to research- important knowledge that will be an essential tool to inform about the possibilities of delaying pregnancy or the termination of it.
The first case of microcephaly due to the Zika virus in a foetus in Spain has been detected
11 may 2016
The Public Health Minister of the Catalan Government, Joan Guix, confirmed on Thursday the first case of microcephaly in Spain in a foetus whose mother was infected with the Zika virus. According to what Guix said to 8TV, the woman travelled to parts of South America some months ago and was infected with the Zika virus and dengue. According to the department of Public Health, the foetus has “several malformations.” This case of microcephaly is the first one registered in Spain and the second in Europe.
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Los profesores Mas-Coma y Bargues evalúan la candidatura de Tailandia a la Organización del Congreso Mundial de Medicina Tropical y Malaria
5 april 2016
El Dr. Mas-Coma y la Dra. Bargues, del Master en Enfermedades Parasitarias Tropicales, visitan Bangkok para evaluar la capacidad, infraestructuras y propuesta para la organización del Congreso ICTMM en esta ciudad en 2020
Human Parasitic Disease Unit, re-elected by the WHO as a world benchmark in human fascioliasis
4 march 2016
The Human Parasitic Disease Unit of the Universitat de València has been re-elected by the World Health Organization as a Collaborating Centre (WHO CC) and a world benchmark in human fascioliasis, a pathology considered by the international organization inside the group of the called priority neglected diseases and which affects 17 million people
Schistosomiasis reaches Europe
3 march 2016
Schistosomiasis is an acute and chronic parasitic disease caused by blood flatworms (trematodes) of Schistosoma type. It is calculated that at least 258 million people needed treatment in 2014.
Professor Santiago Mas-Coma awarded with the Llama Rotaria Prize in Sciences
1 march 2016
Master's Degree in Tropical Parasitic Diseases
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