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NEWSLETTER ISPUP
DECEMBER, 2020 |
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Partnership between ISPUP and PÚBLICO forecasts the seven-day evolution of COVID-19 |
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ISPUP and the newspaper PÚBLICO established a partnership to provide a seven-day forecast of the number of new cases of infection in Portugal, its evolution by region, the number of deaths, hospitalizations and patients in intensive care units, as well as the reproduction number (R). The forecasts are available on the PÚBLICO newspaper's website. |
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COVID-19 decreased testing for HIV, hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections |
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There was a sharp decline in the number of tests performed for HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, between March and August 2020, in the European Region of the World Health Organization due to COVID-19. The conclusion is from a recent study in which ISPUP participated. |
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Doubts, concerns and fears of the Portuguese population during the first month of the pandemic |
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A study by ISPUP looked at the doubts, concerns and fears of the Portuguese population, during the first month of the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal, by analyzing the questions submitted by citizens in some national forums. The article concluded that the content of the questions asked evolved overtime, following the course of the pandemic and the measures implemented by the Portuguese Government. The large number of questions about modes of transmission and prevention of the disease, may demonstrate that the information conveyed by the health authorities did not reach the population effectively. |
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HIV: there is room to improve the criteria used for prescribing PrEP |
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An ISPUP study stresses the importance of rethinking the eligibility criteria used for prescribing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) - a form of pharmacological prevention of HIV for individuals most at risk. |
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Trees around schools help reduce inflammation in children's airways |
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A recent study by ISPUP found that children who attend schools surrounded by more trees have better lung function, and less difficulty breathing, dry cough and wheezing. The study used nitric oxide as a marker to assess airway inflammation. |
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ISPUP researcher joins ASPHER Executive Board |
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Carla Lopes is a new member of the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER) Executive Board. |
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ISPUP article receives the best publication award from the Acta Portuguesa de Nutrição 2019 |
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The awarded work characterized the practices of breastfeeding and food diversification among Portuguese children. |
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ISPUP in the TOP 20 of health funding for Horizon 2020 |
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ISPUP is in the top 20 of Portuguese institutions that obtained the most funding from the Horizon 2020 in the Societal Challenge 1 - “Health, Demographic Change and Well-being”. |
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- OBSERVADOR. "A life without Covid-19? We will only be able to (know if we will) return to normal a year from now." (HERE);
- PÚBLICO. “How are specialists going to celebrate Christmas? At the hospital, inside their "bubble" and without big parties"(HERE); “Are there studies on the risk of reinfection? Can we go back to normal? The doubts of the Portuguese in the first month of the pandemic” (HERE); “And after COVID-19? The pains and the projects that continue with survivors” (HERE); “Portugal has good criteria for accessing medication that prevents HIV, but hospitals are still a barrier” (HERE); “Testing for HIV and hepatitis dropped to less than half because of the pandemic” (HERE) and “COVID-19: forecast of evolution over the next seven days” (HERE);
- TSF. "One million Portuguese may have already had contact with COVID-19 and may be immune" (HERE);
- EXPRESSO. “Trees in schools fight pollution and improve children's respiratory health” (HERE);
- SIC NOTÍCIAS. “Christmas without restrictions – an estimated increase from 800 to 1,200 deaths in January” (HERE).
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- 08-01-2021: Prevention and control of Noncommunicable Diseases in WHO/Europe – more important than ever! (HERE);
- 22-01-2021: Monitoring progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals: HIV and Migrant Health targets (HERE).
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