Evolução da Política de Educação Médica em Cabo Verde

Authors: Portugal S, Mesquita P

Cabo Verde é um dos Pequenos Estados Insulares em Desenvolvimento do mundo, com especificidades e desafios próprios. Independente há 43 anos, com meio milhão de habitantes, a formação dos seus médicos tem sido feita no exterior, incrementando a força de trabalho do país, mas não o suficiente, em número e diferenciação, para sustentar os desafios da saúde, nomeadamente a extensão da cobertura universal. Em 2015 as autoridades decidiram implantar a educação médica local, tornando necessário reformular a Política de Educação Médica enquanto política de educação e de saúde, envolvendo os vários atores, organizações e instituições.
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The contribution of eHealth and mHealth to improving the performance of the health workforce: a review

Authors: Martins TM
Link: http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/348341/Policy_Practice_2_ENG.pdf?ua=1

eHealth and mHealth are technologies that allow services to be extended closer to patients, in pursuit of the objectives of Health 2020: a European policy framework and strategy for the 21st century and of the Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: workforce 2030. As Europe faces increased demand for health services due to ageing populations, rising patient mobility, and a diminishing supply of health workers caused by retirement rates that surpass recruitment rates, this paper illustrates how eHealth and mHealth can improve the delivery of services by the health workforce in response to increasing demands.
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An overview of the open science in times of Big Data and innovation to global health

Link: http://www.journaliji.org/index.php/iji/article/view/219

The last several years have revealed information technology and scientific data to be important allies. However, the most important scientific ally is that which can assist in the complex task of identifying, collecting and treating the exponential amount of data added to the Web every day in the XXI century.
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Zika Virus: A Review to Clinicians

Authors: Messenger LA, Messenger LA
Link: http://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/6929

O vírus Zika é um flavivírus filogeneticamente relacionado com o vírus dengue, vírus da febre-amarela e vírus do Nilo Ocidental. É considerado uma arbovirose emergente transmitida por mosquitos do género Aedes. A sua descoberta deu-se em 1947 na floresta Zika no Uganda, isolado em macaco Rhesus que servia de isco para estudo do vírus da febre-amarela.
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Prevention and control of antimicrobial resistant healthcare associated infections: the Microbiology Laboratory rocks!

Authors: Vale A, Vale Barbosa MdG, Vale Barbosa MdG, Vale A, Vale-Gato I, Vale-Gato I
Link: http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00855/full

This paper addresses the role and importance of the Microbiology Laboratory in the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infection and in Antibiotic Stewardship Programs and how it can be leveraged when combined with the use of information systems. Additionally, we critically review some challenges that the Microbiology Laboratory has to deal with, including the selection of analytic methods and the proper use of communication channels with other healthcare services.
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Evolução da Política de Educação Médica em Cabo Verde

The contribution of eHealth and mHealth to improving the performance of the health workforce: a review

An overview of the open science in times of Big Data and innovation to global health

Zika Virus: A Review to Clinicians

Prevention and control of antimicrobial resistant healthcare associated infections: the Microbiology Laboratory rocks!

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