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Four men and two women are running for the top slot at the World Health Organization

By Kai KupferschmidtSep. 23, 2016 , 12:30 PM

The World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, this morning unveiled the names of the six candidates who are vying to succeed Margaret Chan as director-general.

The elections, which will be held in May 2017, come at a critical point for WHO, which was widely criticized for its slow response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and is in the middle of implementing reforms. At the same time, public health crises like Ebola and the spread of Zika virus have moved global health up on the agenda of world leaders.  /.../

The 37 highest-paying jobs

The 37 highest-paying jobs in America

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C-Suite executives are known for pulling in a pretty penny. But as it turns out, doctors make even more.

That's right: On average, those sporting scrubs and stethoscopes bring home fatter paychecks than those donning suits and ties, according to the latest US Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates survey.

The survey, which reflects May 2015 salary and employment datagathered from more than 1 million businesses, found that nine of the nation's top 10 highest-paying occupations are in the medical field.

The best-paying job of all: anesthesiologist.

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Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do RS SANDRA JATAHY PESAVENTO

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Cristianne Famer Rocha

OBRAS COMPLETAS DIGITALIZADAS DE SANDRA JATAHY PESAVENTO

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A historiadora Sandra Jatahy Pesavento (1946-2009) foi professora titular do Departamento de História da UFRGS e professora dos Programas de Pós-Graduação de História e do PROPUR da mesma instituição. Fez doutorado em História Econômica na USP e possuía 3 pós-doutorados em Paris. Era pesquisadora 1 A do CNPq e tinha interlocução com autores e historiadores de vários países do mundo. Autora de uma vasta obra historiográfica, com 125 artigos publicados no Brasil e no exterior, 51 livros, entre individuais e coletivos e 85 capítulos de livros, é uma das mais importantes historiadoras do século XX, cuja obra versa sobre variadas vertentes da historiografia. Da História Econômica, com viés marxista, à História Cultural, sua riquíssima obra versa sobre as charqueadas gaúchas, sobre a Revolução Farroupilha, sobre a burguesia gaúcha, e, também, sobre as questões do urbano, das imagens, das sensibilidades e da relação História -Literatura, estas últimas já sob o enfoque da História Cultural.

Por iniciativa da família Pesavento (esposo e filhos da historiadora), os escritos da historiadora gaúcha foram digitalizados integralmente e disponibilizados gratuitamente para a comunidade acadêmica e para a sociedade em geral. Encontramos no site oficial do Instituto Histórico Geográfico, que guarda seu acervo intelectual (biblioteca e material de 40 anos de pesquisa,) suas obras completas digitalizadas à disposição do público.

Agradecemos a Roberto Pesavento, Ana Paula Pesavento Cabral e Rodrigo Pesavento por esta inovadora iniciativa.

Nádia Maria Weber Santos

Doutora em História pela UFRGS e médica psiquiatra

Membro Pesquisadora do IHGRGS

Curadora do Acervo SJP no IHGRGS

Pesquisadora do CNPq

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NZ study uncovers 'iceberg' of undiagnosed flu cases

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Eighty percent of people who caught flu last year did not see a doctor - and most of them did not even know they were infected, a large New Zealand study has found.

The Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) surveyed 2500 people during the 2015 flu season, as part of a five-year global influenza research project called SHIVERS.