How Germany influenced Brazilian academia during the Nazi regime

Edited by Maria Björkman, Patrik Lundell, and Sven Widmalm, with the collaboration of André Felipe Cândido da Silva, research illustrates how German diplomacy influenced Brazilian academia during the Nazi regime.

The promise of history: Astana, São Paulo, and the challenges in Brazil

science editors André Felipe Cândido da Silva and Marcos Cueto write about the crucial role of history in understanding the present.

The fire, the death and the hope

Our current issue is now available online.

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.

Looking ahead to 2019: 25 years of HCSM

Our journal will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2019. In the editor’s note of our current issue, science editors André Felipe Cândido da Silva and Marcos Cueto reflected on the progress made so far and the hurdles still to be overcome.

Our journal on the 25th ICHST

The editor’s letter of our latest issue (July/Sept. 2017) highlights the strong impact of the “global turn” on the history of science.

The legacy of Oswaldo Cruz

In the editor’s note of the latest issue of HCS-Manguinhos (vol.24 no.2 Apr./Jun. 2017), André Felipe Cândido da Silva and Marcos Cueto reflect on the hundredth anniversary of the death of Oswaldo Cruz.

History of tropical and neglected diseases from the 19th to the 21th centuries

The Symposium aims to promote broader reflections about these diseases on the national and international agendas.

Trusting in a better future

André Felipe Cândido da Silva and Marcos Cueto highlight the climate of great uncertainty for Brazilian health policy.

Crises can trigger change

In the editor’s note of the new issue of HCSM, Marcos Cueto and André Cândido da Silva recall the tragic events of 2015, such as the Paris attacks, and stress the impact of the Internet on political participation.