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2011
- - Innovation
  - Maternal and child health
  - Vaccines
  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation establishes a partnership with the Brazilian Ministry of Health
  The Foundation signed the Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Health, formalizing the Brazil Strategic Alliance. Since then, it has been collaborating with Brazilian stakeholders to advance shared priorities such as the development of vaccines, vector control and research in maternal and child health and nutrition.
  Nosso papel
  - Mapping of stakeholders and opportunities
  - Media monitoring
  - Media relations
  - Partnership management
  - Strategy development
- - Innovation
  Gates Foundation signs memorandum of Grand Challenges Brazil
  The Foundation formed an alliance with the Secretary of Science, Technology and Strategic Supplies of the Ministry of Health and the National Council of Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) to create Grand Challenges Brazil. This initiative aims to finance cutting-edge projects in the areas of health and development. Since 2014, 70 projects have been co-funded. Many of these have already had an impact on the health system.
  Nosso papel
  - Media relations
  - Partnership management
  - Project management
  - Stakeholder coordination
  - Strategy development
2012
- Creation of the GHS Brazil office in Rio de Janeiro
  
  GHS opens a physical office in Largo do Machado, Rio de Janeiro.
- - Maternal and child health
  Gates Foundation and Ministry of Health promote a workshop on Maternal and child health
  First initiative of the Grand Challenges gathered specialists to determine joint priorities for Brazil and the Gates Foundation and choose the topic of the first call (Prematurity).
  Nosso papel
  - Event design, planning and organization
  - Event facilitation
  - Strategy development
- - Tuberculosis
  Tuberculosis rapid test pilot project is conducted in Manaus and Rio de Janeiro
  The aim of the project was to evaluate the feasibility of the GeneXpert test to enhance tuberculosis diagnosis. The tool proved to be cost-effective and more accurate in accelerating access to appropriate treatment. The results were published in Plos Medicine setting an important precedent for wider use of the test.
  Nosso papel
  - Implementation support
  - Media relations
  - Project management
- - Dengue
  The “Eliminate Dengue” Project begins in Brazil
  “Eliminate Dengue,” an initiative founded by the World Mosquito Program (WMP) and supported by Fiocruz, introduces the Wolbachia bacteria into Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to prevent them from spreading the virus. Brazil pioneered the pilot use of this strategy.
  Nosso papel
  - Ethics and regulatory approval support
  - Implementation support
  - Mapping of stakeholders and opportunities
  - Partnership management
- Publication of the report: “Shifting Paradigm: How the BRICS Are Reshaping Global Health and Development”
  The report, produced by GHS offices in the United States, India and Brazil, presents the findings of a qualitative and quantitative study on the current and future efforts by BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China e Africa do Sul) to improve global health. Read here.
  Nosso papel
  - Mapping of stakeholders and opportunities
2013
- - Vaccines
  Gates Foundation partners with Bio-Manguinhos to develop vaccine for measles and rubella (MR) for global market
  Bio-Manguinhos was one of the few global manufacturers of the rubella vaccine, whose license for production was acquired through a technology transfer with GSK. The Gates Foundation approved a USD $1 million grant to Bio-Manguinhos to support the first stages of the vaccine development.
  Nosso papel
  - Partnership management
  - Stakeholder coordination
  - Strategy development
- Bill Clinton gives a speech on women in Rio de Janeiro
  During the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), held in Rio de Janeiro, the former US president spoke about the importance of increasing women’s participation in the economy.
  Nosso papel
  - Event design, planning and organization
  - Stakeholder coordination
- - Maternal and child health
  First call for Grand Challenges Brazil is released
  The first call of the Grand Challenges Brazil funded research projects focused on the prevention of prematurity, an important cause of infant mortality in Brazil and other countries. Nine projects were funded in this call.
  Nosso papel
  - Media relations
  - Partnership management
  - Project management
  - Project selection approval support
  - Stakeholder coordination
- - Innovation
  Annual global Grand Challenges meeting held in Rio de Janeiro
  First global Grand Challenges meeting held in Brazil with the presence of the Ministry of Health. Approximately 800 researchers from all over the world participated in the event.
  Nosso papel
  - Event design, planning and organization
  - Event facilitation
  - Media relations
  - Partnership management
2014
- - Tuberculosis
  Ministry of Health makes rapid test available for diagnosing tuberculosis
  The Ministry of Health made the rapid test for diagnosing tuberculosis, known as GeneXpert, available at SUS, which could detect the disease in only two hours. With this, Brazil became the second largest incorporator of GeneXpert in the world.
  Nosso papel
  - Media relations
2015
- - Environment
  Report on air pollution for Pisces Foundation
  GHS developed a report on regulatory processes and public policy formulation on air pollution in Brazil. It also mapped relevant stakeholders on this topic for the Pisces Foundation.
  Nosso papel
  - Mapping of stakeholders and opportunities
- - Nutrition
  Dilma meets with Bill and Melinda Gates to discuss nutrition
  During the United Nations General Assembly, the president Dilma, Bill and Melinda Gates discuss nutrition in Brazil.
  Nosso papel
  - Event design, planning and organization
  - Media relations
- - Maternal and child health
  Second call by Grand Challenges Brazil is launched with focus on child development
  The initiative published another call for proposals called “Healthy Development for All Children”. Twelve projects were funded in this round, focusing on solutions during pregnancy and shortly after birth, interventions during the baby’s first months, and monitoring indicators during childhood.
  Nosso papel
  - Media relations
  - Partnership management
  - Project management
  - Project selection approval support
  - Stakeholder coordination
- - Vaccines
  WHO Pre-qualification process of influenza vaccine begin
  PATH, initially with support from the Gates Foundation, and later the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), provided technical assistance to Butantan to improve processes and develop the documentation needed to apply for prequalification of the trivalent influenza vaccine to WHO. The vaccine was prequalified in 2021.
  Nosso papel
  - Ethics and regulatory approval support
  - Partnership management
  - Project management
  - Strategy development
2016
- New GHS headquarters
  
  The GHS Latin America office was moved to Rua Barão do Flamengo, 22, where it still is today.
- - Nutrition
  Rio de Janeiro hosts second “Nutrition for Growth” event focusing on malnutrition and healthy eating
  The international event, which saw participation from governments of Japan and the United Kingdom, aimed to call the attention of world leaders to increase investments in nutrition. Brazil was recognized for its performance in the fight against malnutrition and hunger.
  Nosso papel
  - Media relations
  - Project management
  - Social media
  - Stakeholder coordination
  - Strategy development
- - Nutrition
  Global Nutrition Report is released
  The report presents detailed findings related to malnutrition and obesity in the world. It is the most important survey on nutrition in the world used to sensitize governments to develop appropriate policies. This was a global project led by the Brazil office.
  Nosso papel
  - Media relations
  - Social media
- - Maternal and child health
  Series on breastfeeding from The Lancet is launched in Brazil
  The global launching event of the series, which gathers research and data on breastfeeding in the last three decades, was organized by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Ministry of Health in Brasilia. Brazil’s achievements in this topic were presented on the occasion.
  Nosso papel
  - Event design, planning and organization
  - Media relations
  - Social media
  - Stakeholder coordination
- - Environment
  Institute for Energy and Environment (IEMA): GHS´s first Brazilian client
  GHS developed a communication strategy for IEMA with the objective of disseminating technical content in the areas of energy and climate. The organization’s scenario and stakeholders were also mapped.
  Nosso papel
  - Mapping of stakeholders and opportunities
  - Media relations
  - Project management
  - Strategy development
2017
- - Sexual and reproductive health
  Beginning of project focused on sexual and reproductive health
  GHS initiated project to advance women’s sexual and reproductive rights in Brazil. Among the first initiatives were a partnership with the Patrícia Galvão Institute and Think Olga to improve media coverage of the topic in the press.
  Nosso papel
  - Communication with stakeholders
  - Media relations
  - Social media
  - Stakeholder coordination
- - Medications
  Report on Health Innovation for the Open Society Foundations (OSF)
  GHS supported OSF in developing an updated analysis of the health innovation landscape in Brazil and its impact on access to medications. In addition, GHS helped the organization to find new partners in the country to work on this issue.
  Nosso papel
  - Mapping of stakeholders and opportunities
  - Strategy development
2018
- - Malaria
  Sue Desmond-Hellmann, CEO of the Gates Foundation, visits Brazil
  The visit was important to strengthen national and local partner ties with the Gates Foundation, promote projects such as Wolbachia and Grand Challenges, and elevate the issue of malaria elimination in both government and the media.
  Nosso papel
  - Event design, planning and organization
  - Event facilitation
  - Media relations
  - Stakeholder coordination
  - Strategy development
- - Sexual and reproductive health
  Supreme federal Court (STF) discusses the decriminaliza-tion of abortion up to 12 weeks of gestation
  This was the biggest formal discussion ever had on abortion in Brazil. There were more than 12 hours of public hearings on each of the two days with more than 50 speakers presenting arguments for and against the decriminalization of abortion to inform the STF in the appreciation of ADPF 442.
  Nosso papel
  - Advocacy
  - Media relations
  - Social media
  - Stakeholder coordination
- - Antimicrobial resistance
  Grand Challenges launches call on antimicrobial resistance in Brazil
  The call funded 11 projects to develop innovative solutions to combat antimicrobial resistance. This is a topic of global relevance. Similar calls were launched in parallel in India and on the African continent.
  Nosso papel
  - Media relations
  - Partnership management
  - Project management
  - Project selection approval support
  - Stakeholder coordination
- - Sexual and reproductive health
  International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) Congress is held in Rio de Janeiro
  More than 10,000 gynecologists and obstetricians attended the FIGO World Congress every year. The event was an important opportunity to influence the abortion debate in the medical community. GHS organized a satellite session and workshop in partnership with Global Doctors for Choice (GDC), with physicians on Sexual Rights and Reproductive Rights (SRHR), in order to broaden the debate on human rights in the Congress.
  Nosso papel
  - Event design, planning and organization
  - Event facilitation
  - Media relations
  - Social media
  - Stakeholder coordination
- - Malaria
  MMV and PATH visit Colombia and Peru to investigate the malaria context in the countries
  The organizations conducted an exploratory visit to Peru and Colombia to understand the local contexts of P. vivax malaria management. Later, the two organizations formed the PAVE consortium to support evidence generation and broaden the dissemination of information about new tools to treat vivax malaria.
  Nosso papel
  - Context Analysis
  - Partnership management
  - Project management
  - Stakeholder coordination
- - Vaccines
  Brazil pays the first installment of the donation commitment agreed with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
  In 2006, the Brazilian government committed to donating 20 million dollars to Gavi, through IFFIm. In 2018, after the necessary institutional paperwork, Brazil was able to formalize the annual donation for the first time. GHS began managing the partnership between Gavi and MoH in 2014.
  Nosso papel
  - Event design, planning and organization
  - Partnership management
  - Project management
  - Stakeholder coordination
- - Maternal and child health
  Grand Challenges launches call on data science to improve maternal and child health
  The call funded 14 innovative projects in the area of data science for evidence generation and innovation in maternal and child health. One of the funded researchers, Gilberto Kac, developed a new methodology of gestational weight curves, which will be incorporated into the SUS pregnant women’s guidelines booklet in 2022.
  Nosso papel
  - Media relations
  - Partnership management
  - Project management
  - Project selection approval support
  - Stakeholder coordination
2019
- - Malaria
  Start of the project, ‘Partnership to Eliminate Vivax’
  The project initially launched under the name VivAccess was officially started in Brazil, Colombia and Peru. This was the first GHS-supported project implemented simultaneously in different Latin American countries.
  Nosso papel
  - Advocacy
  - Context Analysis
  - Crisis management
  - Ethics and regulatory approval support
  - Implementation support
- - Malaria
  Brazil approves tafenoquine to treat vivax malaria
  Anvisa approved the single-dose drug tafenoquine for the radical cure of P. vivax malaria in patients aged 16 years and over. Brazil becomes the first malaria-endemic country to approve the drug. The approval occurred in a context of articulation between the Gates Foundation, MMV and PATH with the manufacturer to develop a pilot in the country.
  Nosso papel
  - Communication with stakeholders
  - Ethics and regulatory approval support
  - Media relations
- - Malaria
  Grand Challenges launches call for proposals on malaria prevention and control in Brazil
  The call funded 10 projects to look at a wide range of malaria topics relevant to the country, including epidemiological surveillance, treatment efficacy and safety, recurrence, and insecticide use.
  Nosso papel
  - Media relations
  - Partnership management
  - Project management
  - Project selection approval support
  - Stakeholder coordination
- - Vaccines
  GHS organizes workshop on vaccine hesitancy during the International Pediatric Association (IPA) Congress
  GHS was hired by the IPA to deliver a workshop on vaccine hesitancy to pediatricians from around the world during the Congress held in Panama. About 50 pediatricians were trained to talk to the media and parents about the importance of childhood vaccination.
  Nosso papel
  - Communication with stakeholders
  - Event design, planning and organization
  - Event facilitation
  - Media relations
  - Social media
- - Blood donation
  Facebook blood donation tool is launched in Brazil
  The tool’s proposal is to help donors find blood banks when they are most in need of donations. In 2020, Facebook reached the mark of 10 million Brazilians registered in the tool.
  Nosso papel
  - Mapping of stakeholders and opportunities
  - Project management
  - Social media
  - Stakeholder coordination
2020
- - Data Science
  - Maternal and child health
  CIDACS receives funding to support study in primary care
  The Gates Foundation begins funding the Center for Integration of Data and Knowledge for Health (CIDACS) to support its infrastructure and capacity for data processing and evidence generation. Support also extends to assessing the quality of Primary Health Care and its impact on reducing child mortality.
  Nosso papel
  - Implementation support
  - Partnership management
  - Stakeholder coordination
- - Data Science
  - Maternal and child health
  Grand Challenges launches second call in data science to improve maternal and child health
  In 2020, 12 more projects were funded in the second call of the data science round. This time the focus also included women’s health and child health in Brazil. The Brazilian Obstetric Observatory was one of the awarded projects.
  Nosso papel
  - Media relations
  - Partnership management
  - Project management
  - Project selection approval support
  - Stakeholder coordination
- - COVID-19
  Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) begins press conferences on COVID-19
  From the very first cases of COVID-19 in the Americas, PAHO held weekly press conferences on the epidemiological situation of the virus in the region. Between March 2020 and September 2022, there were more than 100 press conferences on the topic and other health emergencies.
  Nosso papel
  - Mapping of stakeholders and opportunities
  - Media monitoring
  - Media relations
  - Strategy development
  - Text production
- - Malaria
  Tafenoquine is approved in Peru
  Peru’s General Directorate of Medicines, Supplies and Drugs (DIGEMID) approved tafenoquine as the first single-dose drug to prevent relapses of P. vivax malaria in patients 16 years of age and older. The approval came in the context of the Gates Foundation, MMV, and PATH working with the manufacturer to develop a study of operational feasibility in the country.
  Nosso papel
  - Ethics and regulatory approval support
  - Media relations
  - Project management
  - Stakeholder coordination
- - Malaria
  First Regional Meeting of the consortium to eliminate malaria hosted by MMV and PATH
  For the first time, representatives from national malaria programs in Brazil, Peru, and Colombia, as well as the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), researchers, and several international organizations and funders came together to discuss the generation of evidence and policies to optimize the treatment of P. vivax malaria in the region.
  Nosso papel
  - Event design, planning and organization
  - Event facilitation
  - Project management
  - Social media
  - Stakeholder coordination
2021
- - Dengue
  Study on Wolbachia efficacy published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
  The study “Efficacy of Wolbachia-Infected Mosquito Deployments for the Control of Dengue” conducted by the non-profit organization World Mosquito Program was published in this scientific journal. The publication has been widely disseminated in Latin American countries.
  Nosso papel
  - Media monitoring
  - Media relations
  - Social media
- - Malaria
  The TRuST Study is launched in Manaus (AM) and Porto Velho (RO)
  The Brazilian Ministry of Health, in partnership with Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), begin a study to understand the feasibility of providing a real-world, new radical cure treatment for P. vivax malaria using tafenoquine. The results will inform the Ministry’s decision on whether or not to adopt the treatment into the public health system.
  Nosso papel
  - Crisis management
  - Media monitoring
  - Media relations
  - Partnership management
  - Project management
  - Stakeholder coordination
2022
- - Innovation
  Signing of the MoU renewal between Gates and CONFAP
  The Foundation renewed the Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Health and CONFAP to continue with the partnership for the development of innovations in health.
  Nosso papel
  - Communication with stakeholders
  - Mapping of stakeholders and opportunities
  - Partnership management
- - COVID-19
  STAR Project begins
  The STAR project aims to generate evidence on local testing strategies that can support public policy to combat the pandemic of COVID-19 in Brazil, through a research protocol and other policy change actions. The protocol evaluates the effectiveness of contact tracing through serial self-testing in primary health care facilities in Porto Velho and Curitiba.
  Nosso papel
  - Communication with stakeholders
  - Ethics and regulatory approval support
  - Mapping of stakeholders and opportunities
  - Media relations
  - Partnership management
  - Stakeholder coordination
- - Vaccines
  Bio-manguinhos registers MR vaccine
  After the initial investment by the Gates Foundation in 2013, Bio-Manguinhos continued the development process of the measles and rubella (MR) vaccine. In 2022, the vaccine was approved by Anvisa and will seek WHO approval to be made available on the global market.
  Nosso papel
  - Partnership management
  - Stakeholder coordination
- - Innovation
  Initiate work with DAC
  DAC (Design, Analyze, Communicate) is a Gates Foundation program that aims to promote the production of clinical trials that are informative and impactful. GHS supports the strengthening of strategies to this end, particularly regarding the dissemination of DAC tools and approaches to partners in developing countries.
  Nosso papel
  - Communication with stakeholders
  - Implementation support
  - Project management