October 16th the World Food Day was celebrated under the theme “Our Actions are our future”. We highlight some articles published in HCS-Manguinhos that address the issue of food.

La investigadora Claudia Agostoni, de la UNAM, reflexiona sobre los problemas crónicos del sistema de salud de Mexico en el enfrentamiento a la Covid-19.

“El último libro de la investigadora Marisa Miranda es una obra crucial para el desarrollo de los estudios sobre las sexualidades, la eugenesia y los cuerpos en Argentina.” Acceda a la reseña de “¡Madre y patria!”.

This article analyzes hygiene education programs during the first two liberal governments of the Liberal Republic and argues that public health programs did not reach their audience due to local clientelism and political corruption.

On 24 May 2017, the UN General Assembly recognized the role of language professionals in connecting nations and fostering peace and declared 30 September as International Translation Day. To celebrate the International Translation Day, we made a selection of articles about different aspects of Brazilian history translated from Portuguese into English

The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University (DRCLAS) is accepting applications for their Visiting Scholars and Fellows Program.

La experiencia histórica descrita en el texto de María Silvia Di Liscia, investigadora del Instituto de Estudios Históricos y Sociales de La Pampa, resalta la importancia de analizar el impacto del SARS-CoV-2 más allá de las grandes ciudades.

Este caso muestra que la aparición y dispersión de enfermedades epidémicas son fenómenos profundamente impactados por la variable de la guerra.

La pandemia de la covid-19 ha motivado un renovado interés por la gripe de 1918-1919. María Isabel Porras Gallo, Catedrática de Historia de la Ciencia en la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha muestra los paralelismos existentes y la necesidad de una toma de conciencia de que nuestro modelo de sociedad está en crisis.

This edition includes social medicine in Colombia between 1930 ad 1946, primary health care in the twilight of the Brazilian dictatorship, health and war in Mexico and the historical parallels between the current Coronavirus crisis and the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic.