May 25, 2024
Albert Einstein visited Fiocruz in May 1925. Photo: Casa de Oswaldo Cruz
The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation was created on May 25, 1900. It was first called Serum Therapeutic Institute and was founded to produce serums and vaccines. After Oswaldo Cruz was designated director in 1902, the institution expanded its activities and became involved in research and experimental medicine.
To celebrate the 124 years of Fiocruz, we selected a broad range of articles – published in English and Spanish – discussing different aspects, areas, and activities held by the institution. Topics include the following: The establishment of the Federal Serum Therapy Institute; The legacy of Oswaldo Cruz – the renowned Brazilian scientist and founder of the institutional complex that today bears his name; The work of Carlos Chagas, a young researcher at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, who discovered the Chagas disease; The creation of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS); The work done by Fiocruz, in health education and training; Fiocruz’s international role in health diplomacy and cooperation; The centenary of the Fernandes Figueira Institute, the Fiocruz unit devoted to children’s and mother health.
Instituto Soroterápico Federal [Federal Serum Therapy Institute], Manguinhos, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, around 1900. Source: Brasiliana Fotográfica.
The legacy of Oswaldo Cruz – In the editor’s note of the latest issue of HCS-Manguinhos (vol.24 no.2 Apr./Jun. 2017), André Felipe Cândido da Silva and Marcos Cueto reflect on the hundredth anniversary of the death of Oswaldo Cruz.Batista, Ricardo dos Santos.
The early training of Antônio Luis Cavalcanti de Albuquerque de Barros Barreto: an itinerary to the international health. Hist. Science. saude-Manguinhos, Set 2019, vol.26, no.3.
Chagas disease: science, health, and society The year of 2019 marks 110 years of one of the outstanding achievements in Brazilian science: the discovery, by Carlos Chagas, a young researcher at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, of the disease that bears his name.
Chagas disease and tropical medicine in Brazil, 1908-1909 – The disease was discovered in 1909 by the Brazilian sanitary physician Carlos Chagas at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute.
Roa, Alejandra Carrillo and Silva, Felipe Ricardo Baptista. Fiocruz as an actor in Brazilian foreign relations in the context of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries: an untold story. Hist. science. saude-Manguinhos, Mar 2015, vol.22, no.1.
Azevedo, Nara and Ferreira, Luiz Otávio. The dilemmas of a scientific tradition: higher education, science, and public health at the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1908-1953. Hist. science. saude-Manguinhos, Jun 2012, vol.19, no.2
Fiocruz as an actor in Brazilian foreign relations in the context of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries: an untold story. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Mar 2015, vol.22, no.1, p.153-169. ISSN 0104-5970
The right to health – The blog of HCS-Manguinhos interviewed two Brazilian experts on Public Health
“Health is everyone’s right” – José Paranaguá discusses the creation of SUS and the challenges to maintain an universal health policy in a country the size of a continent.
The Brazilian Unified Health System and Coronavirus – The Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) will be decisive against Coronavirus in Brazil. To understand how the system was created and its rationale read our selected article by two Historians from Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/FIOCRUZ.
International cooperation in health: the case of Fiocruz – The article reviews the trajectory of international cooperation and the approach taken by Fiocruz, the so called “South-South Cooperation”.
Twenty one years of the Graduate Program in History of Sciences and Health at Fiocruz “Many hands, hearts, and minds worked together during those challenging early days, and new professors contributed to this collective construction,” says Nísia Trindade Lima, President of Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, in the guest editor’s letter.
Fiocruz as an actor in Brazilian foreign relations This article presents some international projects on health cooperation held by Fiocruz in the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP).
A century devoted to mothers, children, and adolescents The 2024 volume of HCS-Manguinhos celebrates the centenary of the Fernandes Figueira Institute, incorporated into Fiocruz more than 50 years ago.
Health in the global context Our first issue of 2015 features two dossiers discussing several vital topics for debate in contemporary global health: BIOETHICS AND DIPLOMACY IN THE HEALTH DOSSIER – ANALYSIS and “International Health/Global Health Dossier”,South-South Cooperation: Brazilian experiences in South America and Africa, both featuring Fiocruz as an important actor of diplomacy/
Heritage, territory and memory at Fiocruz headquarters: The relationship between territory, memory, and heritage on the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation’s headquarters campus and its surroundings is analyzed in the second supplement of volume 30 of HCSM.
