In the 1930s, the Colombian government implemented the Healthy Child Contest aimed to guarantee the future of the “race” and the nation.

With this announcement, HCS-Manguinhos decided to end the Journal’s section “Testimonies Covid-19″, in which researchers reflected on the pandemic in their countries.id-19”,

Una selección de artículos sobre diferentes temas de la salud mental siempre en una perspectiva histórica.

En la primera mitad de 1951 ocurrieron en México la última epidemia y el último caso de viruela. Esta nota de investigación estudia la etapa posterior a la declaración de la erradicación de la enfermedad en el país.

This online exhibition available at the website of the National Library of Medicine includes over 2,500 postcards about the profession of nursing during the 20th century.

This paper explores women’s experiences in Casa de Parto David Capistrano Filho (CPDCF), a birthing house in Rio de Janeiro that offers a home-like environment, with a minimum of medical interventions during childbirth.

Images and documents include research on Hookworm disease in South America, 1920-1927, the fight against Yellow Fever and Malaria in Brazil, 1928-1942, papers on World War II typhus fever and Malaria in the Mediterranean, and documents related Soper’s work at the Pan American Health Organisation, 1947-1959.