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Zika virus syndrome, lack of environmental policies and risks of worsening by cyanobacteria proliferation in a climate change scenario

ABSTRACT Almost half of the Brazilian population has no access to sewage collection and treatment. Untreated effluents discharged in waters of reservoirs for human supply favor the flowering of cyanobacteria - and these microorganisms produce toxins, such as saxitoxin, which is a very potent neurotoxin p...

Strategies and Challenges for the Circular Economy: a Case Study in Portugal and a Panorama for Brazil

Abstract: This article is about a case study based on the participation and contact with dynamized activities through action plans for the circular economy in Europe, specifically in Portugal. It aims to identify the main in-progress actions and the challenges for the diffusion of the circular economy in...

Pharmaceutical market, environmental public policies and water quality: the case of the São Paulo Metropolitan Region, Brazil

Abstract: Water pollution has been an increasing concern for the authorities responsible for planning and executing public policies. In this qualitative research, we have discussed the most sold pharmaceuticals in the São Paulo Metropolitan Region, Brazil, and compared public policies focused on pharmac...

Na contramão dos objetivos do desenvolvimento sustentável: avaliação da pobreza hídrica na região estuarina do Rio Macaé, Macaé/RJ

Saúde Soc; 29 (2), 2020
Resumo O rápido crescimento populacional impulsionado pela indústria do petróleo no município de Macaé/RJ, a fiscalização ineficiente e a especulação imobiliária motivaram ocupações ilegais de espaços territoriais especialmente protegidos, como os manguezais estuarinos do Rio Macaé. Objetiv...

Autoritarismo e resistência indígena no Brasil

RECIIS (Online); 13 (4), 2019
Esta nota resulta de reflexões iniciais sobre a atual conjuntura brasileira no que tange aos desafios postos aos povos indígenas, diante de um governo declaradamente anti-indígena. Considerando a perspectiva histórica da política indigenista brasileira, observam-se elementos que nos instigam a anali...

Participação social na saúde e o papel da enfermagem: aplicação do modelo ecológico

Objective: This study aimed at identifying the elements of the Ecological Model by analyzing scientific publications on social participation in health and the role of nursing. Methods: This integrative literature review was carried out in June 2017. The articles were selected using pre-established inclus...

Disputas por el oro azul: gobernanza hídrica y salud pública

Rev. salud pública; 21 (5), 2019
RESUMEN El propósito del presente artículo es reflexionar sobre la capitalización de uno de los elementos básicos e indispensables para la vida en el planeta: el agua, recurso vital en donde se ha concentrado, en definitiva, todo el carácter configurador de la sociedad, y que en último caso, se ha ...

Sustainable Environmental Sanitation from a multi-layered approach: the case of Costa Rica (2005-2015)

Poblac. salud mesoam; 16 (2), 2019
Abstract Analyzes Costa Rica's recent efforts to achieve a sustainable environmental sanitation. Mainly, it is based on a reference that integrates the notion of environmental sanitation practices at multiple levels: both at the macro level (environmental and social policies) and at the micro level (comm...

Interface entre saneamento ambiental e saúde: estudo participante com estudantes de enfermagem

OBJETIVO: descrever a percepção de graduandos de enfermagem sobre a interface do saneamento ambiental com a saúde humana. MÉTODO: Empregou-se o estudo participante, a técnica World Café e a análise temática de conteúdo. Participaram 23 graduandos de enfermagem da Universidade Federal Fluminense,...