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Call for applications: Dissertation Workshop on Afro-Latin American Studies

Doctoral students at universities anywhere in the world are invited to submit an application to the dissertation workshop at the Hutchins Center, Harvard University.

Photography and railroads

This article analyzes how railway engineering was connected to the production of photographs in nineteenth-century Brazil.

“Entre 30 y 35% de los diagnósticos son muy tardíos”

Una breve entrevista con Massimo Ghidinelli, Jefe de la Unidad de VIH de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud, sobre el perfil epidemiológico actual del SIDA en América Latina y el Caribe.

Health is not a commodity

See the Brazilian Contribution (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation and National Health Council) to the Global Conference on Primary Health Care, Astana, October 2018.

A referendum on Trump’s policies and leadership

Eric D. Carter, Edens Associate Professor of Geography and Global Health at Macalester College examines the midterm election results and the prominence of themes such as healthcare and immigration.

El control de la correspondencia de los enfermos mentales en España, 1852-1987

Las cartas en los hospitales psiquiátricos españoles entre  1852-1987 eran leídas por médicos y administradores. Un artículo reciente explora los reglamentos que avalaban esta práctica