Our last edition of HCSM 2020 is out. It presents a historiographical review on Brazilian environmental history.
Recent Posts
Leishmaniases from a historical and global perspective
Brazil is the country in the Americas with the most cases of this disease in its three forms: cutaneous, mucocutaneous, and visceral.
la Organización Mundial de la Salud en el desarrollo de la virología en España
María Isabel Porras (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha) y María José Báguena (Universidad de Valencia) analizan el papel de los llamados “programas país” de la OMS en España desde su admisión en 1951 hasta 1975.
La psiquiatría más allá de sus fronteras
En este libro se reúnen cinco trabajos que exploran la historia de la psiquiatría más allá de las fronteras clínicas y hospitalarias.
Rethinking the impact of Latin America’s forgotten pandemics
The essay argues that infectious diseases have crucially shaped the past and present of the continent.
The dark side of healthcare
Medical waste represents a global health challenge. Hospitals and other healthcare facilities such as laboratories, research centers, autopsy centers, blood banks, and nursing homes all generate waste, and about approximately 15%, may be infecious, toxic, or radioactive.
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