Health

EDUCATION

Learning at the turn of the century

Research examines enrollment and attendance rates to measure Brazil’s progress in education

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Public policy

Health under construction

Researchers propose a collaborative model to help prevent workplace accidents

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GENDER

COVID-19, a battle fought by women

Network of female researchers looks for solutions to the challenges faced by women during the pandemic and seeks to influence public policy

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Funding

A compass for science

CAPES and CNPq have each played a central role in building the research ecosystem in Brazil

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Cover

The American strategy

The United States plans to invest heavily in STI to accelerate its economic recovery and respond to China's threat to its technological leadership

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Science on the ropes

Successive budget cuts have eroded Brazil’s capacity to fund research

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Interview

Linamara Rizzo Battistella: In defense of movement

The physician who helped establish Brazil's policy on the rights of people with disabilities now fights to rehabilitate Covid-19 patients

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COVID-19

Focus on the genome

Brazil is still behind in monitoring Sars-CoV-2 genetics, but an injection of funding for research networks and the acquisition of materials could improve the situation

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COVID-19

Risk of death is higher among the poor in Chile

People under 40 living in poorer municipalities in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile, are 3.1 times more likely to die from complications associated with COVID-19 than those who live in more affluent regions

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Education

More inclusive universities

Access to university education has expanded and is less socially unbalanced in Brazil

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Funding

Direct funding to Africa

In April, African health experts published an open letter in the journal Nature Medicine, addressed to international funders of studies on health problems in Africa

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Careers

Scientific advice

Helping to create new laws and implement public policies represents a professional opportunity for scientists

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Retrospect

Education for democracy

Anísio Teixeira’s work is the basis for the defense of public, free, and secular education in Brazil

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Education at risk

Prolonged school closings and unequal access to distance learning is causing increased student dropouts and learning-acquisition gaps

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Public health

Tuberculosis in prisons

Tuberculosis cases in the Latin American prison population increased by 269% between 2011 and 2017

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