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Fiocruz : Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation).

Promote health and social development, generate and disseminate scientific and technological knowledge, be an agent of citizenship. These are the concepts that guide the actions of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), under the Ministry of Health, the most prominent institution of science and technology in health in Latin America.

Website(s)

FIOCRUZ (home page):
FIOCRUZ Health services:

Address

FIOCRUZ Main Campus:
Av. Brazil
Rio de Janeiro-RJ
21040-900
Brazil

Type of Organization

Academic/research institution
Government department/organization

Related resource(s)

New insights into the pathogenesis of leprosy: contribution of subversion of host cell metabolism to bacterial persistence, disease progression, and transmission.
Cytokine Levels in Neural Pain in Leprosy.
Erythema Nodosum Leprosum Neutrophil Subset Expressing IL-10R1 Transmigrates into Skin Lesions and Responds to IL-10.

More organizations:

Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis)
Leishmaniasis
Leprosy (Hansen disease)

More resources on:

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)
Tuberculosis
HIV/AIDS

Regional focus

Region of the Americas (AMR)
Brazil