Medigraf Awarded
The 3.0 version of the Medigraf telemedicine platform used in the telemedicine with Sao Tome and Principe was awarded, in late 2013, with two awards if the Changing Lives category.
The AfricaCom 2013 awards celebrate the best achievements within the health industry in Africa and the Broadband Infovision are considered amongst the most prestigious in the recognition of excellence in the broadband market and have recognized Medigraf as an initiative with a positive impact in the african telecommunications, contributing to its economic and social development.
Medigraf, developed in close partnership with PT Innovation,stands out as application capable of improving the living conditions of the population, with regard to their most precious assets: health and well –being.
Luso Sao Tomean Otolaryngology Journeys return to Sao Tome and Principe
The second edition of the Luso Sao Tomean Otolaryngology Journeyrs took place in Sao Tome and Principe on the 20 and 21st of February 2014, coorganized by the IMVF and the Otolaryngology portuguese medical team that perform the short term medical missions within the scope of Health for All Integrated Programme Specialised Care and Telemedicine, cofinanced by Camões: Institute for Cooperation and Language and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
First Official Dictionary of the Sao Tomean Sign Language
It was launched on July 10, 2014, at the Portuguese Cultural Centre, in Sao Tome, the first Dictionary of Sign Language of Sao Tome and Principe, born out of the need to improve the quality of life and combat the isolation of the deaf community of Sao Tome, consisting of about 5.000 people, or 3% of the population of this small archipelago of 180.000 inhabitants.
Optimizing the teaching ability, learning and social integration, and in order to break the existing linguistic constraints, this dictionary is developed under the project ” No Barriers” promoted by the Portuguese Catholic University, the Otolaryngology Department of Hospital CUF Infante Santo and the IMVF, with the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Training and the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs of Sao Tome and Principe.
5th edition of the iMED Congress: IMVF supports internships of young doctors
IMVF was one of the partners and members of Honor Committee of the iMed5.0 – Innovating Medicine Congress, supporting this annual initiative by assigning internships to young doctors , within the Health for All project in Sao Tome and Principe. Maria Catarina Damásio and Marta Pimenta were one of the three pairs of young doctors who “stamped the passport” for two weeks of training in primary healthcare.
The two students of the 6th year of medicine at the School of Medical Sciences of the NOVA University of Lisbon won the Clinical Mind Competition, a competition that aims to test the young doctors’ medical reasoning through the solving clinical cases presented in real time. In order to contribute to the personal and curricular training of young medical students this conference brought together doctors and scientists internationally recognized for their contribution to innovation in the medical sciences.
From theory to practice…
The need to take quick and conscious decisions was something they had to deal since their first day of work in Sao Tome and Principe, testing their medical instincts and their ability to improvise.
