Résumé Summary La stigmatisation et la discrimination sont des conséquences fréquentes après la divulgation de statuts séropositifs; ces facteurs sont particulièrement problématiques dans les communautés rurales où « tout le monde connaît tout le monde ». Dans cette étude de cas, les chercheurs, qui mènent des études ethnographiques sur le terrain dans les zones reculées du Brésil, ont décidé d...

The financial equilibrium of pension funds relies on the appropriate computation of retirement benefits, taking account of future payments and discount rates. Short-term errors in the commitment for retirement benefits, ill-suited investment in the stock market, or improper mixture with pay-as-you-go payments have long-term consequences and may lead the pension fund to insolvency. The different...

Title: The effectiveness of financial incentives for smoking cessation during pregnancy: Is it from being paid or from the extra aid?

In the world, where computers assist humans in information processing in almost every aspects of our lives, there are still huge gaps of unsurveyed areas, where data exists in an unstructured or unprocessable form limiting its usefulness and requiring extra human effort. Many times such data is extremely useful for many parties, as is the case of financial data. This paper describes an ongoing ...

The thalidomide tragedy in the late 1950s was a watershed moment for pharmaceutical regulation. New uses for this medication are being researched and implemented today. This article revisits the history of thalidomide and its consequences for regulation and for victims' rights in Brazil, based on a literature review, documentary analysis, and newspaper reports. The events highlighted herein sho...

BACKGROUND Although being an important source of science news information to the public, print news media have often been criticized in their credibility. Health-related content of press media articles has been examined by many studies underlining that information about benefits, risks and costs are often incomplete or inadequate and financial conflicts of interest are rarely reported. However,...