World Patient Safety Day 2021 | 17 September 2021

World Patient Safety Day was established in 2019 to enhance global understanding of patient safety, increase public engagement in the safety of health care and promote global actions to enhance patient safety and reduce patient harm. This year, the World Patient Safety Day will be focus on promoting global actions to enhance Safe maternal and newborn care – “Act… Continue reading World Patient Safety Day 2021 | 17 September 2021

Professor João Sàágua was reelected as the Rector of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa

Professor João de Deus Santos Sàágua defended his Action Program within the scope of his candidacy for the position of the Rector of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa in a public hearing that took place by videoconference / zoom on June 16, 2021. After the General Council’s vote, Professor João de Deus Santos Sàágua was… Continue reading Professor João Sàágua was reelected as the Rector of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa

Competition for Master’s Scholarship, under the Research Line “Health Literacy in Migrants”

The NOVA – National School of Public Health, has opened a tender for the attribution of one Scholarship for Master, within the scope of the Research Line on “Health Literacy in Migrants”, financed through its own revenues, with the reference: LITSAU|932163|2021. Scientific area: Health, Social, Human Sciences, or related fields Application deadline:The contest is open… Continue reading Competition for Master’s Scholarship, under the Research Line “Health Literacy in Migrants”

Admitted Applications

Admitted applications notice (PT) In compliance with the electoral regulation for the election of the Rector of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, it becomes public that, by resolution of the Electoral Commission, on May 18, 2021, the application for the position of Rector presented by Professor João de Deus Santos Sàágua was admitted. Candidate João Sàágua Curriculum Vitae (PT)… Continue reading Admitted Applications

Public Health Research Seminar: “Fostering Hospital Resilience to Disasters: Lessons from Nepal”

The Public Health Research Center (CISP) organizes, on March 26 2021, another edition of the Public Health Research Seminars, dedicated to the theme “Fostering Hospital Resilience to Disasters: Lessons from Nepal“, with Maria Moitinho de Almeida. Maria Moitinho de Almeida is a Medical Doctor, Master of Public Health in Disasters, PhD in Public Health Sciences,… Continue reading Public Health Research Seminar: “Fostering Hospital Resilience to Disasters: Lessons from Nepal”

The Gate of Public Health Knowledge Centre

Nova National School of Public Health (NNSPH) presented, on September 29, 2020, in Lisbon, The Gate – Public Health Knowledge Centre, a project on a global scale that proposes to find innovative solutions for the current and future challenges of humanity. With innovation inscribed in its DNA, NNSPH has been contributing for over 50 years… Continue reading The Gate of Public Health Knowledge Centre

ENSP-NOVA designated as WHO Collaborating Center

The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated NOVA National School of Public Health as a WHO Collaborating Center for education, research and evaluation of safety and quality in healthcare. This distinction results from a long process of collaboration with the WHO, which began more than eight years ago, and also from the recognition of the… Continue reading ENSP-NOVA designated as WHO Collaborating Center

COVID-19: Determinants of hospitalization, ICU and death among 20,293 cases notified in Portugal

Vasco Ricoca Peixoto,  Andre Vieira, Pedro Aguiar, Paulo Sousa, Carlos Carvalho, Daniel Rhys Thomas, Alexandre Abrantes, Carla Nunes AbstractIntroduction – Determinants of hospitalization, intensive care unit (ICU) admission and death are still unclear for Covid-19 and only a few studies have adjusted for confounding for different clinical outcomes including all reported cases in a country in the analysis. We used routine surveillance data from… Continue reading COVID-19: Determinants of hospitalization, ICU and death among 20,293 cases notified in Portugal