Dr Elisabete Weiderpass, Director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), and Dr Priscila Ferraz Soares, Vice President for Health Production and Innovation of the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the two institutions, with the objectives of co-developing research projects, increasing academic exchanges of researchers, better disseminating results and publications, and supporting evidence-based health policies. Dr Alexandre Padilha, the Minister of Health of Brazil, was also present to witness the signing of this important agreement.
