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Ariadna Curto
Ariadna Curto

Professionals of Environmental Epidemiology and Exposure Science Celebrate Their Annual Appointment

Sunday 26th of August. We are in the heart of downtown Ottawa , Organizers received 1800 general abstract submissions and 400 symposium...

Epidemiology, Environmental Health 05.09.2018
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Adelaida Sarukhan
Adelaida Sarukhan

The Yellow Fever Crisis in Brazil: an Alert Signal for Travellers

[Written for Big Vang (La Vanguardia) by Adelaida Sarukhan , PhD in immunology and scientific writer at ISGlobal, Jose Muñoz , ISGlobal...

Epidemiology, Immunization 17.03.2018
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Adelaida Sarukhan
Adelaida Sarukhan

The Epidemiological Transition (or What We Died, Die and Will Die From)

  What is it?  A baby born in Spain in 1900 could hope to live an average of 35 years. In 2011, he/she can expect to live up...

Epidemiology 05.09.2017
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Antoni Trilla
Antoni Trilla

The Permanent Threat of Avian Influenza

Epidemiology 01.03.2017
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Raül Toran
Raül Toran

An Introduction to Environmental Epidemiology: the Case of Air Pollution

This article has been written by the researcher  David Rojas  and the science communicator  Raül Torán , both...

Epidemiology 12.01.2017
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Adelaida Sarukhan
Adelaida Sarukhan

A Year in Global Health

This has been an eventful year in global health. It has also been so for our institute, that enters a new phase with the merger of CREAL and the...

Epidemiology, Policy & Global Development 27.12.2016
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Jaume Ordi
Jaume Ordi

Knowing the Causes of Death in Developing Countries: an Absolute Requirement to Reduce Mortality

[This article has been written by  Jaume Ordi , Research Professor at ISGlobal, and  published in Spanish in El Universal ...

Epidemiology 12.09.2016
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Adelaida Sarukhan
Adelaida Sarukhan

What Do the Two First Autochthonous Cases of Crimea-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever in Spain Mean?

[This article has been written by  Adelaida Sarukhan , PhD in Immunology scientific writter at ISGlobal, and  Joaquim Gascon , Head of...

Epidemiology 05.09.2016
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Adelaida Sarukhan
Adelaida Sarukhan

Yellow Fever in Asia: a Ticking Time Bomb

[This article is written by Adelaida Sarukhan (ISGlobal) and Jose Muñoz (ISGlobal-Hospital Clínic)] In March 2016 the first ever cases...

Epidemiology, Immunization 24.08.2016
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Adelaida Sarukhan
Adelaida Sarukhan

The most feared pathogens: 9 diseases that could cause a major epidemic

The recent declaration of the zika virus as a “global emergency” by the WHO as a consequence of the epidemic in Latin America...

Epidemiology 09.02.2016
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Manolis Kogevinas
Manolis Kogevinas

European Code Against Cancer. 12 Ways to Reduce Your Cancer Risk

There are an estimated 2.64 million new cancer cases and 1.28 million cancer-related deaths every year in the European Union. In Spain, there were...

Epidemiology 04.02.2016
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Jose Muñoz
Jose Muñoz

Chikungunya, a Virus Going Global

[This article has been written by  Jose Muñoz , Tropical Medicine specialist at the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona and ISGlobal...

Epidemiology 27.08.2015
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