Health

PUBLIC POLICY

Traffic deaths increase by 13.5% in the last decade

Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death among young people in Latin America

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Teaching profession at risk

Low salaries, lack of structure in schools, and absence of social appreciation damage interest in the career

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Teaching degree crisis

Policies designed to improve the attractiveness of a teaching career and reformulate curriculums aim to reverse the teacher shortages in Brazilian primary education

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Retrospect

Social security and 100 years of transformation

A review of the origins of Brazil’s pension system offers insight into present-day dilemmas

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Obituary

A leader in research

Agricultural engineer Joaquim José de Camargo Engler was dean of ESALQ and FAPESP

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EPIDEMIOLOGY

Falls in uptake of the MMR vaccine occurred at different rates between 2006 and 2020

The declines were greater in poorer municipalities and more intense during the economic crisis and the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic

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GENDER

More women in the innovation ecosystem

Support networks seek to increase female involvement in technology-based entrepreneurship and Brazil’s intellectual property protection system

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INDICATORS

Brazilian scientific output suffers decline

Post-pandemic drop in scientific output in Brazil is one of the biggest in the world

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INTERVIEW

Guita Grin Debert: The distinct phases of womanhood

A scholar of the issues surrounding gender and aging, anthropologist Guita Debert is now investigating the problems of elder care and dependent old age

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Public policy

Children and adolescents on council in Chile

Chile’s Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation forms Council of Children and Adolescents

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Patents

The end of an era

The end of the FAPESP intellectual property protection program indicates there has been progress in the passing of scientific knowledge onto society

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BIOTECHNOLOGY

Aedes for all

Genetically modified mosquito already on sale in Brazil

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Insufficient food

In addition to poverty, research on hunger is starting to examine bottlenecks in the journey that food takes from farm to fork

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HISTORY

New articles seek to expand the debate on LGBTI+ issues in Brazil

New approaches expand debate on LGBTI+ issues in Brazil

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DEMOGRAPHY

Problems ahead for pensions and health

Aging population identified by the 2022 census highlights the need to reformulate public policies

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