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Dossier “Muertes, rituales y políticas en pandemias”

En el dossier, Marcos Cueto, editor científico de HCS-Manguinhos, analiza las respuestas del gobierno de Jair Bolsonaro a la COVID-19 durante el primer año de pandemia en Brasil.

To sanitize is to eugenize: the “preventive” eugenics of Belisário Penna at the service of sanitation in Brazil, 1920-1930

The purpose of this article is to discuss the eugenics model used by the medical-sanitarist Belisário Penna during the sanitation campaign in Brazil in the 1920s and 1930s.

La sombra del poder

Las relaciones históricas entre psiquiatría, derecho y la consideración del enfermo mental como peligroso han marcado profundamente el devenir de la psiquiatría. Acceda a la reseña completa de “La sombra de la sospecha”, de Ricardo Campos, escrita por Gustavo Vallejo.

Black counsciousness

A selection of articles that address, from a historical perspective, racial issues in Brazil and the sad slave past that had deep and lasting consequences to our society.

Call for papers: Circulation and Exchange in Science and Diplomacy

The DHST Commission of Science, Technology and Diplomacy (STAND) exists to promote and coordinate interdisciplinary historical studies on the relationships between science, technology and diplomacy. STAND invites researchers for their 3rd Conference of the DHST Commission on Science, Technology and Diplomacy entitled “Circulation and Exchange in Science and Diplomacy”, from 19 to 21 July, 2023, at University of São Paulo.

AIDS, Activism, and International Agencies in Brazil, 1987–1996

Marcos Cueto, Science editor of HCSM, published with Gabriel Lopes, “Braiding Public Health and Human Rights: AIDS, Activism, and International Agencies in Brazil, 1987–1996” Latin American Research Review (2022). This article examines the emergence of a synergy that allowed the early development of what was once considered the best anti-AIDS program in the developing world.