The author briefly reviews the history of cancer in Peru by exploring the rise and decline of the anti-cancer league.
Recent Posts
Scientific Partnerships in Brazil and the Malaria Service of the Northeast
Gabriel Lopes, postdoctoral researcher at Fiocruz, presents how Rockefeller Foundation’s International Health Division collaborated closely with Brazilian entomologists in the fight against malaria in Brazil.
Leprosy in history
HCS-Manguinhos has published numerous articles, blog posts, and reviews about the disease. Topics and approaches include philanthropy and welfare concerning leprosy in Brazil, leprosy in colonial contexts, antileprosy campaign strategies and Hansen’s disease in the Amazon region.
La “anarquía” de la leche en Bogotá, 1938-1960
Según el artículo, el esquema de mejoramiento del sistema lechero en la ciudad de Bogotá, entre 1938 y 1960 se caracterizó por una desarticulación de los diversos organismos involucrados, por una legislación inoperante y por tensiones sobre cómo lograr la higienización de la leche.
The stigma of an education abroad
“Medical training and careers in Portugal at the time of José Pinto de Azeredo (1764-1810)” contributes to knowledge on medical training and careers at a time of change driven by Enlightenment ideas.
Reproductive rights after 1945
Call for abstracts: Whose choice, whose rights? Global-historical and intersectional approaches to the emergence of reproductive rights after 1945, Glasgow, UK / online, 9 and 10 June 2022.
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