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Representaciones sobre la fiebre amarilla y el cólera

Los sentidos y actitudes que se asociaban con las epidemias que la ciudad de Buenos Aires atravesó entre 1867 y 1871.

Migrants and refugees in HCSM

We selected papers and interviews that explore the relation between migration and health. World Refugee Day, 20 June – the United Nations.

HIV/AIDS, its stigma and history

Our science editors André Felipe Cândido da Silva and Marcos Cueto discuss the HIV prevention policy adopted in Brazil since December 2017: the pre-exposure prophylaxis.

Current issue online!

Readers will find articles that explore different aspects of disease: stigmatization, medical discourse and the role of media.

Cancer in Ceará: from philanthropy to public health agenda

It addresses the shaping of cancer as a relevant medical and social problem in the Brazilian state of Ceará from 1940 to 1954.

The Franco-German influence in Latin America

In 1921, the German Chimica Industrial Bayer begun to operate in Brazil producing drugs locally. See the research note by Magali Romero Sá, Jaime L. Benchimol, Simone Kropf and Larissa Viana and André Felipe Cândido da Silva.