Resumo Este estudo tem como objetivo avaliar a qualidade da ação do Governo Português no sector da saúde, no período de intervenção da Troika (2011-2015), tomando como critério a preocupação com a aplicação dos princípios de Boa Governança, em termos de grau e diversidade. Pretende-se perceber em que medida a ação pública promovida pelo Ministério da Saúde se desenvolveu procurando contribuir para o fortalecimento das práticas de Boa Governança. Com base em análise documental, suportada nos diplomas legais e em outros documentos oficiais, foram analisadas 50 medidas de ação do Ministério da Saúde, que se distribuem por nove áreas de intervenção. Os princípios de Boa Governança que representam uma preocupação mais transversal são claramente o da “transparência” e o da “eficácia/eficiência”, presentes em oito das nove áreas de intervenção. A preocupação com a “orientação para consensos” está essencialmente presente nas medidas tipificadas como Acordos, a “independência” na área Ética, o “reforço do Estado de direito” na área Controlo e a “equidade/inclusão” na área Cidadão no Centro do SNS.

Abstract This study aims to evaluate the quality of the Portuguese Government’s action in the health sector during Troika’s intervention period (2011-2015), taking as criterion the concern with the application of Good Governance principles, in terms of degree and diversity. The intention is to understand the extent to which the public action promoted by the Ministry of Health has developed seeking to contribute to the strengthening of Good Governance practices. Fifty measures of the Ministry of Health, distributed by nine intervention areas, were analyzed, based on documental analysis, supported on the law and on other official documents. The principles of Good Governance that demonstrate a more transversal concern are clearly that of “transparency” and of “effectiveness/efficiency”, present in eight of the nine intervention areas. The concern with “orientation to consensus” is essentially present in the measures classified as Agreements, “independence” in the Ethics area, the “strengthening of the rule of Law” in the Control area and “equity/inclusion” in the area of the Citizen in the Centre of the NHS.

Resumo Este estudo tem como objetivo avaliar a qualidade da ação do Governo Português no sector da saúde, no período de intervenção da Troika (2011-2015), tomando como critério a preocupação com a aplicação dos princípios de Boa Governança, em termos de grau e diversidade. Pretende-se perceber em que medida a ação pública promovida pelo Ministério da Saúde se desenvolveu procurando contribuir para o fortalecimento das práticas de Boa Governança. Com base em análise documental, suportada nos diplomas legais e em outros documentos oficiais, foram analisadas 50 medidas de ação do Ministério da Saúde, que se distribuem por nove áreas de intervenção. Os princípios de Boa Governança que representam uma preocupação mais transversal são claramente o da “transparência” e o da “eficácia/eficiência”, presentes em oito das nove áreas de intervenção. A preocupação com a “orientação para consensos” está essencialmente presente nas medidas tipificadas como Acordos, a “independência” na área Ética, o “reforço do Estado de direito” na área Controlo e a “equidade/inclusão” na área Cidadão no Centro do SNS.

Abstract This study aims to evaluate the quality of the Portuguese Government’s action in the health sector during Troika’s intervention period (2011-2015), taking as criterion the concern with the application of Good Governance principles, in terms of degree and diversity. The intention is to understand the extent to which the public action promoted by the Ministry of Health has developed seeking to contribute to the strengthening of Good Governance practices. Fifty measures of the Ministry of Health, distributed by nine intervention areas, were analyzed, based on documental analysis, supported on the law and on other official documents. The principles of Good Governance that demonstrate a more transversal concern are clearly that of “transparency” and of “effectiveness/efficiency”, present in eight of the nine intervention areas. The concern with “orientation to consensus” is essentially present in the measures classified as Agreements, “independence” in the Ethics area, the “strengthening of the rule of Law” in the Control area and “equity/inclusion” in the area of the Citizen in the Centre of the NHS.

ABSTRACT This paper studied the adoption of information technologies in the higher education area in Portugal, analysing the case of a centenary institution (Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas - Universidade de Lisboa) and trying to understand how its leadership managed and organized the ICT capabilities to deliver value to students, teachers and all other stakeholders. Innovative ICT capabilities were introduced within a planned, motivated and controlled environment where leadership styles and management practices always focused on business success. We applied a program transformation model based in good practices of policy research innovation and diffusion models complemented with program management approaches. Through the analysis of the official documentation and data supplied by the administrative services we were able to confirm the existence of a progressive digital transformation of this institution.

In the European Union, traditional herbal medicines that are regarded as "acceptably safe, albeit not having a recognized level of efficacy" fit into a special category of drugs ("traditional herbal medicine products") for which requirements of non-clinical and clinical studies are less rigorous. A regulation proposal published by the Brazilian National Health Surveillance (Anvisa) defines a similar drug category ("traditional phytotherapeutic products") for registration purposes. Regarding herbal medicines, both agencies seem to be lenient regarding proof of efficacy, and consider long-standing folk use as evidence of safety and a waiver of a thorough toxicological evaluation. Nonetheless, several herbal products and constituents with a long history of folk usage are suspected carcinogenic and/or hepatotoxic. Herbal products have also been shown to inhibit and/or induce drug-metabolizing enzymes. Since herbal medicines are often used in conjunction with conventional drugs, kinetic and clinical interactions are a cause for concern. A demonstration of the safety of herbal medicines for registration purposes should include at least in vitroand in vivogenotoxicity assays, long-term rodent carcinogenicity tests (for drugs intended to be continuously used for > 3 months or intermittently for > 6 months), reproductive and developmental toxicity studies (for drugs used by women of childbearing age), and investigation of the effects on drug-metabolizing enzymes.

18 meninas internas do Orfanato Santo Antônio em Niterói apresentaram tinha do couro cabeludo causada por Trichophyton tonsurans (15 casos - 83,3%) e Microsporum canis (3 casos - 26,7%). São discutidos aspectos clínicos e terapêuticos desta microepidemia

18 girls from an orphanage (Orfanato Santo Antônio) in Niterói presented tinea capitis due to Trichophyton tonsurans (15 cases - 83.3%) and Microsporum canis (3 cases - 26.7%). Comments are made about clinical, mycological and therapeutic aspects of this microepidemy