SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

NOVA University Lisbon actively contributes to tackle the SDG 3 from a multidisciplinary approach, engaging its 9 Academic Units. NOVA is commited to create value in healthcare by science production, innovative solutions and knowledge dissemination. NOVAhealth, a dedicated office at the Rectorate, promotes research collaborations among NOVA’s academic units, as well as with external partners from science, industry and Society. The Social Welfare Services provide health & wellbeing to NOVA’s students and staff: mental health (psychology and psychiatry) and nutricion support, sexual and reproductive healthcare, and sports.

- Partnerships and collaborations with health institutions

- Policies:

- Smoking-free policy

HIGHLIGHTS

• NOVA has gathered the contributions of its community in the fight against the new coronavirus and the result is the platform COVID-19_360 by NOVA!
• ONEIDA, a consortium established to match the urgent need for effective solutions in the prevention and control of infectious diseases and ­antibiotic resistance.
• Traveler Consultation | The IHMT / ADMT's Center for Traveler's Medicine and Tropical Medicine Clinic provides referral consultations nationwide. 

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

NOVA's 9 Academic Units develop programs and initiatives with direct impact in our community. Get in touch, participate!

RESEARCH

NOVA contributes significantly to the research into the area of SDG3. Besides ONEIDA, learn more about the following research project:

• The Discoveries CTR - The Discoveries Centre for Regenerative and Precision Medicine | ITQB NOVA | NMS

The Discoveries CTR project aims to lay the foundations of a multipolar distributed research centre in Portugal in the area of regenerative and precision Medicine.

PUBLICATIONS

• Health System in the Health Region of Lisbon and Tagus Valley: Beyond Health Centers and Hospitals.
• 40 years of immunization in Mozambique: a narrative review of literature, accomplishments, and perspectives
• HIV prevention and treatment in Southern Europe in the aftermath of bailout programmes
• Social determinants of deaths from pneumonia and tuberculosis in children in Brazil: an ecological study
• Ten years since the 2008 introduction of dental vouchers in the Portuguese NHS
• Serological diagnosis of pneumocystosis: production of a synthetic recombinant antigen for immunodetection of Pneumocystis jirovecii
• Identifying barriers and finding solutions to implement best practices for cancer surgery at Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique
• Spatiotemporal analysis of the relationship between socioeconomic factors and stroke in the Portuguese mainland population under 65 years old
• What are the prevalence and factors associated with sexual dysfunction in breastfeeding women? A Brazilian cross-sectional analytical study
• What happens when we modify mosquitoes for disease prevention? a systematic review
• A computational method for the identification of dengue, zika and chikungunya virus species and genotypes
• Predicting dengue importation into Europe, using machine learning and model-agnostic methods
• Is COVID-19 a turning point for the health workforce?
• Principalism in public health decision making in the context of the COVID ‐19 pandemic
• Effects of covid-19 infection during pregnancy and neonatal prognosis: what is the evidence?

EDUCATION

NOVA University Lisbon has a strong formative offer, distinguished by quality and variety, linked to the SDGs. It supports the integration of interdisciplinarity and sustainability in all our study cycles.

HEALTH AND WELL-BEING IN NUMBERS 

Contribution for SDG 3 in 2019: