André Felipe Cândido da Silva and Marcos Cueto are the new science editors of História, Ciências, Saúde – Manguinhos. Read the letter on forthcoming pathways.

Adam Warren discusses the transfer of French knowledge about professional midwifery to Peru with reference to the social, political, and cultural context.

The complete medical history of London from 1848-1972 is available online in the Wellcome Library’s website.

As Nepal struggles to deal with the physical aftermath of the recent earthquake, the country also has to deal with a rise in mental health disorders triggered by the disaster.

With the help of the material gathered on this site, it becomes clear that the eradication of the international slave trade was a long, arduous, and tortuous process that spanned almost nine decades.

El libro de Karina Ramacciotti, Carolina Biernart y Juan Manuel Cerdá reúne los principales debates en la historia social de la salud y la enfermedad en Argentina.

Edited by the Institute of Social History, this book is the result of a seminar held in La Paz-Bolivia about the recent changes in labour.

This project of the Department of History at the University of York offers information and interviews about the international efforts to eradicate smallpox.

A joint project of Biblioteca Nacional and Instituto Moreira Salles gathers together pictures of different aspects of Brazilian history.

Despite the dissemination of preventive measures, cervical cancer remains a serious problem in Brazil.