28 February is World Rare Disease Day, a date that aims to raise awareness of the challenges faced by those living with these diseases and to reinforce the need for timely diagnosis, specialised monitoring and equitable access to healthcare.
The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, received the National Council of Professional Orders (CNOP) and the members of the Orders in audience at the Belém Palace on 26 February.
World Physiotherapy has announced that the theme of World Physiotherapy Day 2026 will be cardiovascular disease and stroke, with a focus on the role of physiotherapists in their prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.
National Coronary Heart Disease Day is on 14 February, a date set by the Portuguese Cardiology Foundation to raise awareness of cardiovascular disease prevention, early recognition of the symptoms of acute myocardial infarction and the adoption of healthy lifestyles.
The Health Regulatory Authority (ERS) has released the Manual of Good Practices in Health Advertising, a guiding document that establishes essential principles for ethical, truthful, transparent and user-centred communication.
Today is World Cancer Day, created in 2000 by the International Union for Cancer Control (UICC) with the aim of alerting the public to prevention, early diagnosis and the importance of fair and equitable access to healthcare.
The Order of Physiotherapists has taken note of the press release issued by the Judicial Police regarding the so-called “Harry Potter” Operation, in which four men were arrested for strong indications that they had committed crimes of trafficking in prohibited substances and methods, possession of a prohibited weapon and money laundering. The investigation is currently underway at the DIAP in Lisbon.
On 13 December, the inauguration ceremony for the governing bodies of the Portuguese Physiotherapists' Association took place in the auditorium of the Lisbon School of Health, following the elections held on 5 December.
World Physiotherapy has announced that the World Physiotherapy Congress 2029 will be hosted by the Portuguese Physiotherapists Association and will take place in Lisbon, Portugal.
Carlos Areia has been a physiotherapist since 2013, and has worked in various hospitals, clinics and clubs in both Portugal and the UK. He began his academic career at Oxford University in 2016, where he led a clinical trial comparing physiotherapy vs surgery in anterior cruciate injuries in 32 hospitals in England. In 2018 she moved to the neurosciences department, where she developed her own studies on remote monitoring of vital signs, which were implemented during the pandemic. Here he discovered his passion for data, and in 2022, he joined Digital Science as a Data Scientist. He completed his PhD earlier this year, and has more than 60 publications in journals such as The Lancet, BMJ, Cochrane, among others. He is also an honorary lecturer at Oxford Brookes University and a consultant in clinical research.
PhD in Physiotherapy from the University of Brighton, UK. Post-Doctorate in Epidemiology from the National School of Public Health at the New University of Lisbon.
Coordinator of the Studies and Planning Office of the Order of Physiotherapists. Coordinating Professor of the Physiotherapy Department of the School of Health of the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal (ESS-IPS). President of the ESS-IPS Technical-Scientific Council. Coordinator of the Physiotherapy Department at ESS-IPS. Integrated Researcher at the Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC) (a partnership between FCM-UNL, the National School of Public Health, the University of Évora, the Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health and Santo Espírito Hospital, Terceira Island, Azores).
Sara Souto Miranda has a bachelor's and master's degree in physiotherapy from the University of Aveiro, and a postgraduate qualification in adult respiratory physiotherapy from the same institution. In 2023 she completed her double doctorate in Rehabilitation Sciences/Health, Medicine and Life Sciences at the Universities of Aveiro and Maastricht (Netherlands) and is currently working as a technical-scientific advisor to the Studies and Planning Office (GEP) of the Order of Physiotherapists, and as a guest lecturer at the Piaget Institute in Vila Nova de Gaia. As a member of the Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation Laboratory at the University of Aveiro (Lab3R), she has carried out applied research in which she has assessed and treated patients with respiratory pathology, having taken part in 6 research projects. Throughout her career she has published 19 scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals with an impact factor, 1 book chapter and more than 50 abstracts in conference proceedings. She was a research volunteer at the Ciro rehabilitation centre (Centre for expertise in chronic organ failure) in the Netherlands, and is currently a member of the Guideline Methodology Network of European Respiratory Society. She was honoured by European Lung Foundation e European Respiratory Society for carrying out patient-centred research, by the Directorate General for Higher Education with a merit grant for his master's degree, and by the Ciro Centre with a grant to support research abroad.