July 2018
The History of Vaccines is an award-winning educational website created by The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
The College has created The History of Vaccines to provide a living, changing chronicle of the compelling history of vaccination, from pre-Jennerian variolation practices, to the defeat of polio in the Western Hemisphere, to cutting-edge approaches to novel vaccines and vaccine delivery.
The site aims to increase public knowledge and understanding of the ways in which vaccines, toxoids, and passive immunization work, how they have been developed, and the role they have played in the improvement of human health.
The site also discusses some of the controversies about vaccination and some of the challenges, difficulties, and tragic events that have occurred in the use of vaccines.
Much of the historical material that appears on The History of Vaccines comes from The College’s Historical Medical Library and its wealth of rare books, medical journals, manuscripts, and archives.
See in Manguinhos:
The Politics of Vaccination – The article about the yellow fever vaccine in Brazil was written by Jaime Benchimol, member of our scientific editorial council.
Brazilian researchers have successfully tested a vaccine for Chagas disease – Lab mice were observed after being infected with Chagas. While all animals that were not vaccinated died, 80% of those immunized survived.
La historia de la malaria en América Latina – Una nueva actualización epidemiológica de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), emitida el 30 de enero de 2018, indica un aumento en el número de casos de malaria en las Américas durante 2016 y 2017. Lea más sobre la malaria en HCSM.
Carlos Chagas in the Amazon, 1913 – It reviews the 21 days expedition up the Yaco River, in Alto Purus, federal territory of Acre.
Las campañas de vacunación contra la viruela en México durante la década de 1940 – El artículo examina algunas transformaciones por las que atravesaron los programas mexicanos de vacunación al establecerse la Campaña Nacional contra la Viruela.
La erradicación de la malaria en México, 1956-1971 – Marcos Cueto analiza el desarrollo de la campaña de erradicación del paludismo en México en el marco de la Guerra Fría
El caso de la malaria en Colombia – El artículo muestra el proceso que condujo a la medicina colombiana al descubrimiento y aceptación de las causas de la enfermedad.
Two views on malaria – This research compares two views of malaria in the Amazon that coexisted side by side during the First Brazilian Republic (1889-1930).
The smallpox eradication program in India, 1960-1980 – This paper, published in 2007, re-assesses the smallpox eradication program in India and the main actors involved.
