This supplement gathers original and relevant studies establishing a dialogue between the past and the present.

HCS-Manguinhos has already published several articles on the Amazon forest from a historical perspective.

We highlight some articles in which mosquitoes are protagonists.

El estudio de la crucial interacción y colaboración de los saberes de médicos, arquitectos y administradores para materializar la reforma hospitalaria emprendida en México a partir de la década de 1940 es el eje que articula el presente trabajo.

Marcos Cueto highlights some fundamental contributions we published last year in the most recent editor’s note of volume 30 of HCS-Manguinhos.

The article discusses the pioneering expeditions to the Amazon in the 19th century, the different uses of ayahuasca and the pharmaceutical interest in the subject.

El investigador Gustavo Vallejo analiza las amenazas a la ciencia argentina, especialmente ante el crecimiento de la ultraderecha en el país.

The new edition of Medical Anthropology features a special issue about the notion of “Disease Reservoir,” within and across early 20th-century colonial contexts.

This campaign aims to facilitate access to vaccines that are part of the National Vaccination Calendar, update vaccination cards of children and teenagers under 15 years old and contribute to the control, elimination, and eradication of vaccine-preventable diseases. We highlight the article “A battle won: the Elimination of Poliomyelitis in Cuba” to shed light on this issue.

En el Día Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas compartimos una selección de artículos sobre la medicina y los conocimientos tradicionales en América Latina.