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CENTENÁRIO DA FUNDAÇÃO OSWALDO CRUZ

 

 Criada em 25 de maio de 1900 como Instituto Soroterápico Federal, com o objetivo de produzir soros contra a peste bubônica, a Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) logo ampliou sua área de atuação, constituindo-se atualmente na principal instituição ligada à área de saúde da América Latina. No ano 2000, a Fiocruz completa seu centenário, mantendo a característica de aliar suas tradições a projetos do futuro.

Marco de um novo modelo de ciência e saúde pública associado estritamente a processos sociais, a Fiocruz deu uma contribuição decisiva para o desenvolvimento da nação brasileira pela consolidação da revolução pasteunana no Brasil, com seus impactos nas áreas médico-sanitária, urbana, legislativa, científico-tecnológica, além da realização de importantes projetos nacionais e do redescobrimento do Brasil rural.

Hoje as atividades da Fiocruz são múltiplas e complexas. Compreendem desde a pesquisa básica, clínica e de ponta; desenvolvimento tecnológico; produção de imunobiológicos e medicamentos; formação de recursos humanos; controle de qualidade de produtos consumidos pela população, até a prestação de serviços assistenciais.

Essa diversidade de atribuições confere à Fiocruz um papel decisivo nos programas governamentais de saúde, ciência e tecnologia, assim como os referentes à auto-suficiência em imunobiológicos, biotecnologia para a saúde, diagnóstico de doenças transmissíveis, vigilância sanitária, entre outros.

E precisamente essa diversidade que garante a vitalidade da Fiocruz, capacitando-a a responder rapidamente aos desafios apresentados pelo desenvolvimento brasileiro e aos problemas de saúde da população. Esse dinamismo confere àinstituição credibilidade e prestígio nacional e internacional, qualificando-a como sede de diversos centros de referência da Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS).

As comemorações do centenário da Fiocruz se apresentam como uma oportunidade única para se refletir e traçar diretrizes sobre o desenvolvimento e formulação de políticas de ciência e tecnologia em saúde no país, que representam o desafio da modernização do Estado no campo social e a melhoria da qualidade de vida da população. E ainda o momento de se repensar os rumos da instituição no novo milênio e preparar uma agenda para o futuro.

 

ELOI DE SOUZA GARCIA

Presidente da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

CENTENNIAL OF THE OSWALDO CRUZ FOUNDATION

  

Founded on May 25, 1900 as the Federal Serotherapeutic Institute, with the purpose of producing sera to fight the bubonic plague, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) soon widened its working field, being considered today as the main institution of Latin America in the health area. In the year 2000, Fiocruz reaches its centennial, keeping its singular characteristic of allying traditions to projects for the future.

A mark in a new model of science and public health strictly associated to social projects, Fiocruz has made a decisive contribution to the Brazilian development, through the consolidation of the Pasteurian revolution in Brazil, with impacts in the medical-sanitary, urban, legislative and scientific-technological areas, besides the accomplishment of important national projects and actions in rural areas of Brazil.

Today, Fiocruz activities are multiple and complex. They range from basic, clinical and state-of-the-art research; technological development; production of immunobiologicals and medicines; human resource training; quality control of products consumed by the population, until the rendering of assistential services.

This diversity of assignments gives Fiocruz a decisive role in governmental programs related to health, science and technology, as well as those related to self-sufficiency in immunobiologicals, biotechnology for the health area, tranmissive diseases diagnosis, sanitary watch, among others.

It is precisely this diversity that guarantees the vitality of Fiocruz, enabling it to respond promptly to the challenges presented by the Brazilian government, and to the population’s health problems. This dynamism confers national and international prestige and reliability on the institution, qualifying it as headquarters of various World Health Organization reference centers.

The celebrations of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Centennial represent a unique opportunity to reflect and draw up guidelines for the development and formulation of health science & technology policies in Brazil, which could meet the challenge of the State modernization in the social field and the improvement in the quality of life of the population. It is also the moment to rethink about the paths to be followed by the institution in the New Millennium and prepare an agenda for the future.

 ELOI DE SOUZA GARCIA

President of the OswaIdo Cruz Foundation


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