
Una selección de artículos sobre diferentes temas de la salud mental siempre en una perspectiva histórica.
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.
World Health Day was created to celebrate the World Health Organization’s birthday. This year, it will look at public health successes that have improved quality of life during the last seven decades. The dossier Public Health Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean offers five articles from different areas of knowledge, thematic fields, and approaches.