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  • Pilot Plan in Mozambique to eradicate Malaria

    29 january 2016

    If the plan is effective it will be launched in more places so as to eliminate a disease that affects much of the African continent. The plan consists of several parts , here we will explain.

  • The Zika virus lands in Spain

    26 january 2016

    The Zika reach Spain by two South American women who came to Catalonia after having been in their country. The Ministry of Health warns that the alert is "real" and emphasizes the epidemiological point of view of the disease.

  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warn travellers about the Zika virus

    19 january 2016

    On Friday 16 January The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel alert in which warned people on the risks of travelling to the American countries affected by the Zika virus, linked to a microcephaly epidemic in Brazil.

  • The paper of Helminths in the treatment of autoimmune diseases

    18 january 2016

    In the last century, the prevalence of different autoimmune diseases has continued to grow in industrialised countries. However, in the developing countries the incidences of these diseases are constant and relatively low. 

  • Carolina Foundation Grant for the Master’s Degree in Tropical Parasitic Diseases of the UV

    17 december 2015

    The Carolina Foundation offers a postgraduate education grant for the Master’s Degree in Tropical Parasitic Diseases of the Universitat de València. A great opportunity for the students interested in this topic.

  • Parasitic diseases and climate change in the ‘International Conference in Tropical Medicine’ in Sri Lanka, opened by Mas-Coma

    14 december 2015

    On Sunday 13 December opened the “International Conference in Tropical Medicine” organised by the University of Peradeniya in collaboration with the World Federation for Tropical Medicine in the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka. The professor Mas-Coma of the Universitat de València, in its quality of current President-elect of the World Federation, expert of the World Health Organisation (WHO), and director of the Collaborating Centre of the WHO and Centre of Reference of FAO-United Nations in Valencia, was in charge of giving the opening conference of this important event. This conference gathers experts from several countries of Asia and United States to discuss on the situation of various regions of the world, with special attention in the South of Asia.

  • What is medical entomology?

    1 december 2015

    Medical entomology is the science that studies insects and other arthropods that have health interests due to their pathogen role or vector role, that is, they intervene in the transmission cycle of determined diseases that affect the human being and the domestic and wild animals.

 
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