The Leônidas & Maria Deane Institute (ILMD/Fiocruz Amazônia) is the technical-scientific unit of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Amazonas.

Based in Manaus, its mission is to contribute to improving the living and health conditions of the Amazon population and to the scientific and technological development of the region and the country, integrating research, education and public health actions.

The production of scientific knowledge at ILMD/Fiocruz Amazônia also occurs through technical cooperation actions, carried out through technical-scientific consultancy developed in conjunction with the Unified Health System (SUS), with a special focus on understanding the socio-sanitary and epidemiological realities of the Amazon.

ILMD/Fiocruz Amazônia establishes cooperation with national and international institutions of Science, Technology and Innovation in Health (CT&IS), through Technical-Scientific Cooperation Agreements in Health with other Fiocruz units, with institutions in the Amazon, nationally and from other countries.

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