stas Pranchas para o diagnóstico de parasitos intestinais destinam-se a servir tanto como orientação para pro­fissionais de laboratório e de campo em países endêmicos quanto como material de ensino para estudantes e estagiários. Contêm orientações sobre a escolha da preparação para os d...iferentes métodos copromicroscópicos e a principal técnica de coloração para o diagnóstico de parasitos intestinais (nematoides, trematódeos, cestódeos e protozoários). As fotomicrografi­as mostram a aparência e as características diagnósticas dos diversos parasitos nas diferentes preparações. As pranchas foram produzidas em formato plastifi­cado impermeável, resistente e fácil de usar na bancada. São recomendadas para todos os profissionais de saúde que atuam na rotina de diagnóstico de parasitoses intestinais more

As the war in Ukraine pushes food, fuel and fertilizer prices toward record levels putting food security in many of the world’s poorest countries at risk, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today launched a Crisis Response Initiative to ensure that small-scale farmer...s in high-risk countries can produce food over the next few months to feed their families and communities while reducing the threat to future harvests. more

Ukraine: Russian invasion has forced older people with disabilities to endure isolation and neglect – new report Many temporary shelters inaccessible to people with physical disabilities Overburdened care system often provides few alternatives to institutions for older people Authorities ...and humanitarian actors must ensure an inclusive response Displaced older people with disabilities in Ukraine are physically and financially unable to access adequate housing and care amid Russia’s ongoing invasion, sometimes leaving few alternatives to being placed in residential institutions, Amnesty International said in a new report. more