MedTROP - Directory of Tropical Medicine and International Public health in Open access for Sustainable Development: Basis for a proposal

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v11i0.1375

Keywords:

Directory of Tropical Medicine, International Public Health, Science in Portuguese language, Citizen Science, Health Literacy, Health Libraries.

Abstract

MedTROP Project is a partnership between the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (IHMT) in Portugal and the National School of Public Health/Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. It aims to make science accessible to citizens and the data of research in the domain of tropical medicine and public health in future reusable giving a contribute to the sustainable development of society within the framework of the “2030 Agenda for Development Sustainable “.

It focuses on three different work areas:
Contents: Development of a Directory on Tropical Medicine and International Public Health in Open Access, encouraging Portuguese as a language of Science. Health Literacy: Improve the skills of health professionals regarding the prevention, control and eradication of tropical diseases, providing information in open access and providing information literacy and research programs; Citizen Literacy and Communication: Creation of communication and information channels from science to citizens by disseminating the results of research to the public, researchers, policy makers and local communities.

Published

2017-11-30

How to Cite

Saraiva, P., Neto, A. P., & Hartz, Z. (2017). MedTROP - Directory of Tropical Medicine and International Public health in Open access for Sustainable Development: Basis for a proposal. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 11. https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v11i0.1375

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Pecha Kucha