Evandro Chagas Institute Evandro Chagas Institute The Evandro Chagas Institute (Portuguese Instituto Evandro Chagas, or IEC) is a non-profit organization which promotes public health in Brazil named after Evandro Chagas. In the 1940s fisherman Henrique Penna from the Rockefeller Foundation in Rio de Janeiro reported that he had discovered cases of leishmaniasis in Brazil's countryside. The disease had not been previously detected in Brazil, and as a response, Carlos Chagas of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute organized a commission leishmaniasis to be headed by his son Evandro Chagas. In 1938 this commission became the "Instituto de Pathologia Experimental do Norte", or Northern Institution for
The Finnish Institute in France and typical materials used in decoration and interior design in Finland. The dominating elements in the decoration are wood and the grand windows of the grande salle which have an aerial view on Musée de Cluny. The institute space has a surface of 600 square meters, and it is funded by the Finnish state. The space includes a multipurpose room with 200 places, a movie theatre with 90 places, a seminar room and library. The current director of the institute is Meena Kaunisto. The Finnish Institute in France The Finnish Institute in France, Institut finlandais, is a cultural institute representing