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Gabinete One Health do ICBAS apresenta livro em Seia

O Gabinete One Health do Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS) da Universidade do Porto apresentou, no passado dia 8 de abril, na Casa da Cultura de Seia, o livro “One Health – Uma Saúde, um contributo da Universidade“. A iniciativa decorreu a convite da Biblioteca Municipal de Seia e assinalou o encerramento da programação das comemorações do Dia Mundial da Saúde, promovidas pela Câmara Municipal.

Durante a sessão, foi destacada a relevância da abordagem One Health enquanto estratégia essencial para responder aos atuais desafios em matéria de saúde. A leitura de excertos da obra permitiu ilustrar o contributo dos docentes e investigadores do ICBAS para a construção de uma visão integrada e sustentável da saúde, que articula as dimensões humana, animal e do ambiente.

A obra apresentada resulta de um esforço coletivo da comunidade académica do ICBAS e reflete o compromisso da instituição com a promoção do conhecimento e a sensibilização da sociedade para a importância desta abordagem holística e transdisciplinar.

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ICBAS raises awareness among young students about the importance of water.

A group of students from Marco Primary School in Vila Nova de Gaia recently visited the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS) of the University of Porto for an activity focused on the importance of water. This activity was part of the educational project “One Health in Schools” promoted by the ICBAS One Health Office.

The initiative included a visit to the ICBAS Aquatic Organisms Facility and the Laboratory of Hydrobiology and Ecology, microscopic analysis of planktonic organisms found in water, and a visit to the Crystal Palace Gardens to observe aquatic ecosystems and biological indicators of environmental quality.

Read the full article here.

Source: Notícias UP; Image: ICBAS.

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ICBAS supports the integration of One Health into the Municipal Health Plan of Gaia.

At the invitation of the Vila Nova de Gaia City Council, the Director of the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS) of the University of Porto, Henrique Cyrne Carvalho, attended the opening of the 1st Conference “Integrating Policies to Promote Health”, which took place on 26 March at the Gaia Biological Park.

In his speech, the Director of ICBAS highlighted the importance of integrating the One Health concept into formulating and implementing the new Health Plan for the municipality.

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Source: Notícias UP; Image: ICBAS.

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ICBAS: 18 years researching water quality in Guinea

Research on water quality in Guinea-Bissau and its relationship with public health has been ongoing for 18 years and, after 33 missions, continues because there is still much to be done. Adriano A. Bordalo e Sá, a hydrobiologist, lecturer, and researcher at the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS) of the University of Porto, first travelled to Guinea-Bissau in July 2006, carrying a laboratory in his luggage. The aim was to analyse the quality of the water supplying the population of Bolama Island (a region of Guinea-Bissau in the Bijagós Archipelago) and the surrounding tabancas (villages), following reports of multiple episodes of diarrhoea and gastrointestinal issues at the regional hospital.

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Source: Notícias UP; Image: ICBAS.

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ICBAS Lecturer on the Biosfera Programme – Invisible Contamination.

Less than half of Portugal's water bodies are in good environmental condition. Various pollutants compromise aquatic ecosystems, with nitrates being a key concern. These nitrogen compounds can lead to anoxia, or a lack of oxygen in the water, endangering biodiversity. On this topic, the Biosfera programme interviewed Catarina Teixeira, a researcher at CIIMAR and a visiting assistant professor at ICBAS.

See the full program here.

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“One Health Pet Awards” distinguem iniciativa do ICBAS

The activity 'One Health in Schools', developed by the One Health Office of the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS) of the University of Porto, received one of the five awards in the “Merit & Relevance” category at the One Health Pet Awards. The awards were presented on 28 November during a ceremony held in Lisbon.

This recognition “validates the effort we have been making to place the One Health approach on various agendas, which also involves promoting the concept among the younger generation, who are the future,” stated Henrique Cyrne Carvalho, Director of ICBAS.

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Source: Notícias UP.; Image: ICBAS.

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ICBAS launches book on One Health

One Health - A contribution from the University “It is not intended to be a finished work, but rather one aimed at civil society, to reach a wide audience,” argue Adriano Bordalo e Sá, Begoña Perez-Cabezas, Luísa Azevedo, and Sofia Costa Lima, from the One Health Office of the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS), right in the foreword of the book.

This work aims to spread awareness of the importance of the One Health concept, under which “Human health is connected to the health of other living beings and the health of the environment,” as “human beings do not live alone on the planet,” explain the editors, who are also lecturers and researchers at ICBAS.

Read the full text here.

The book can be purchased at the U. Porto Store (Praça Gomes Teixeira, Porto) or online at the publisher's website UP Press.

Source: Notícias UP.; Image: UP Press.

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The 2024 bathing season is close to the recent record for pollution episodes

Época balnear poluição
Época balnear poluição

The bathing season is halfway over, but the comings and goings of advisories and bans on Portuguese beaches, usually associated with microbiological issues, have already made 2024 the second-worst year of the last seven in terms of beach pollution. There were 84 episodes of bathing advisories and bans on bathing beaches in mainland Portugal up to 7 August, according to the annual data made available to PÚBLICO since 2018 by the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA). This figure is just below the 94 cases of 2022 and can easily be surpassed in the coming weeks, making it possible to achieve a recent record for this year.

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Source: Público; Image: Denis Oliveira via Unsplash.

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Pioneering sensor experiment measuring water quality on two Portuguese beaches

Qualidade da água
Qualidade da água

Two experimental sensor systems are assessing the water quality of two Portuguese beaches at a microbiological level, in an international project responsible for monitoring the River Seine tributaries during the Paris Olympics and the Seine itself before the games began.

The experiment, coordinated in Portugal by the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS) at the University of Porto, aims to test not only the technology's ability to analyze the presence of bacteria accurately but also its ability to analyze the presence of the bacteria Escherichia coli in real-time, but also, based on this information, the technology's ability to predict the evolution of the presence of these bacteria in the following hours, as is done in meteorology.

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Source: Público; Image: Gary Walker-Jones via Unsplash.

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ICBAS professors and researchers in the Biosfera programme - contamination of bathing waters

Contaminação das águas balneares
Contaminação das águas balneares

The 2024 bathing season has begun, but the greatest influx of people to the beaches is also the time of greatest risk of contamination. The people and animals that circulate in the seawater and on the sand release chemicals, such as UV filters, and waste that contribute to the proliferation of microorganisms. The Biosfera program spoke to ICBAS lecturers and researchers Adriano Bordalo e Sá, Paulo Martins da Costa, and Inês Rodrigues to learn more about the precautions bathers should take this summer.

See the full program here.

Source: RTP; Image: Unsplash.

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