Historia Critica es una publicación del departamento de Historia y Geografía de la Universidad de los Andes

Para José Moya, representante de la OPS/OMS en Cuba, el lazo estrecho entre la comunidad y los servicios de salud genera una respuesta positiva y una aceptación de las vacunas.

In the 1980s, the UN implemented two large projects to guarantee sanitation and clean water for the population. This article by Christian McMillen, Professor of the Department of History at the University of Virginia examines both programs.

The Brazilian Ministry of Health recently launched the National Movement for Vaccination, intending to resume high vaccination coverage in the country. Even though Brazil is considered an international reference in this field, it has experienced setbacks in recent years.

This original work contributes to understanding the relations between Brazil and Germany from a transnational historical perspective, focusing on interweaving and circulating knowledge.

This book, published by UCL Press, centers on the voices and experiences of women across a range of domains of knowledge. It is available for free download.

In its 29 years of existence, Revista História Ciências Saúde Manguinhos has published numerous articles, special issues, and blog posts discussing different aspects of women and gender and interviews with prominent researchers about these topics.

One of the aspects that received the most attention from nineteenth-century journalists was the hygiene and health of the population of Rio de Janeiro. Women and men became the targets of a series of prescriptions in the press that described how the people of the city should care for their body and health, after all, a healthy body was a prerequisite for shaping men and women suitable to contribute to the future of the Empire.

Acceda a la reseña completa de Miguel de Asúa y al Libro de Cirurgía, editado por Eliane Deckmann Fleck.

This article explores the work of William Alanson White, who was superintendent of St. Elizabeths, the largest hospital in the United States between 1903 and 1937, and had a significant impact on the practice of the psychoanalytic method in the hospital setting in the country. White considered psychoanalysis important for healing both the individual as well as society.