In 1906, Doctor Emílio Ribas reorganized the Sanitation Service. A campaign to combat trachoma, an ophthalmic disease, was implemented as part of the project. This recent article analyzes this campaign.

El libro organizado por José Martínez Pérez y Enrique Perdiguero Gil explora la reforma sanitaria que se abordó a partir de 1977 en España y ofrece un panorama de las tensiones que surgieron en el proceso que condujo al nuevo sistema sanitario y educativo que se puso en pie a mediados de los ochenta e inicios de los noventa.

Tropical medicine emerged as a specialized field in Europe during the era of colonial expansion. Russia had no colonies in the tropics, but did possess vast territories with hot climates. This review presents the 100-year history of the Martsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine in Moscow, Russia.

The hospital was a pioneer in introducing colposcopy in the state of Minas Gerais and establishing a structure specifically for care and diagnosis.

This paper examines the First International Leprosy Conference held in Berlin in 1897.

February, 11 International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This special dossier of HCS-Manguinhos published in 2008 is entirely dedicated to gender, women and science.