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Brazil

Federal University of Bahia & Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil
The site in Salvador is a center for tropical disease research in Brazil that has made major contributions to the understanding of the natural history of endemic diseases such as leishmaniasis, leptospirosis, schistosomiasis and Chagas' disease. The principal research institutions are the the School of Medicine at the Federal University of Bahía (UFBa) and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation- Brazilian Ministry of Health (Fiocruz). Both institutions share graduate programs in medical sciences, immunology and experimental pathology and have had a long-term research partnership such as the current NIAID sponsored Tropical Medicine Research Center (TMRC).
The Federal University of Ceará, Brazil
The Federal University of Ceará (UFC) in Fortaleza is a center for tropical disease research in Brazil that has made major contributions to the understanding of endemic diseases including diarrhea, diarrheal diseases, malnutrition and leishmaniasis. It is a superior education institution part of the Brazilian Education Ministry, created in June, 25th 1955, being currently one of the top Universities in Northeast-Brazil, dedicated to education, research and extension, with links to the inner state. The Federal University of Ceara is the only federal institution in Ceara state. Three University campus are located in the city of Fortaleza (2.4 million inhabitants), capital of the state of Ceara (8.0 million inhabitants) (www.ibge.gov.br). The Porangabussu campus holds the Health Medical Center, which includes courses of Medicine, Pharmacy and Nursing. The University also has a Law School and Exact Sciences, including Physics, Chemistry, Architecture and Engineering schools. The Health Science Center includes a University Hospital, Health Science Library, clinics, and research medical buildings. The Institute of Biomedicine, which houses Dr. Aldo Lima’s laboratory, is located in the Porangabussu campus. The University rector ship is the administrative core of the University that includes an international office to deal with international affairs.
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