The National School of Public Health (Ensp/Fiocruz) and the Global Health Research Center of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in China will establish a cooperation agreement to tackle Minamata disease and mercury exposure among indigenous populations.

The joint actions were discussed during the visit of the honorary professor of the Chinese institution, Kunihiko Yoshida, to Ensp/Fiocruz on March 19 and 20. The Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation is expected to be signed in August.

The partnership will be signed in the areas of teaching, research, communication, information, management and health policies. Joint actions include raising financial resources and local infrastructure to mitigate and repair damage suffered by indigenous peoples; international hybrid meetings; fieldwork with indigenous populations in the Legal Amazon; and disseminating indigenous environmental knowledge to young people.

(Source: Agência Fiocruz de Notícia, on March 25)