The emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases such as Ebola, chikungunya, and Zika increase the necessity of knowledgeable and skilled health professionals. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) arise as opportunities ...

Background: The rise in non-communicable diseases in developing countries has gained increased attention. Given that around 80% of deaths related to noncommunicable diseases occur in low- and middleincome countries, there ...

Background. Substantial individual heterogeneity exists in the clinical manifestations and duration of active tuberculosis. We sought to link the individual-level characteristics of tuberculosis disease to observed ...

Background: Clinicians in developing countries have had limited access to continuing education (CE) outside major cities, and CE strategies have had limited impact on sustainable change in performance. New educational tools ...

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is rare and encompasses a heterogeneous group of diseases, and is even rarer in children than in adults. ILDs compromise more than 100 different entities, including pulmonary alveolar ...

We retrospectively analysed 33 endophthalmitis patients treated at the Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu. We observed that 81,8% of these patients were males and older than 60 years. Trauma was the main cause of endophthalmitis ...

The course held this objetives: increase the level of skills of persons responsable for the diagnosis and control of plant pest and diseases in the Caribbean and provide the basis for the development of Manual on the ...