Digitised mental health care archives

The Wellcome Trust webstise holds online material on mental health, including information about UK institutions, patient diaries, artworks and photographs.

Paving the road to a malaria free world

The first feature in a new multimedia series by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine explores wether a vaccine is enough to fight against malaria.

Brazil is progressing toward elimination of malaria, says PAHO expert

The statement was made by Keith Carter, the organization’s senior advisor on malaria, in his opening words to the São Paulo School of Advanced Sciences on Malaria Eradication.

Calls for Papers: Public Health and Society in Latin America and the Caribbean

The conference will be held on July 6-9, 2016, in the University of the West Indies at St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

Three scientists win the Nobel Prize in Medicine

Campbell and Ōmura win for their work on a therapy against roundworm, sharing the prize with Tu for her work on a therapy against malaria.

Theories about the propagation of yellow fever

Soraya Lódola and Edivaldo Góis Junior did a documentary research about the scientific debate on yellow fever in the Brazilian press between 1895 and 1903.

African Journal of History and Culture

African Journal of History and Culture (AJHC) is a peer reviewed open access journal. The journal is published monthly and covers all areas of the subject.

HCSM and JLAS awarded a British Academy Newton Mobility Grant

This joint project of História, Ciências, Saúde– Manguinhos and the Journal of Latin American Studies aims to strengthen collaboration between UK and Brazilian academic communities in the field of Latin American studies.

Report sees Latin America as offering best potential to expand bioenergy production

Based on the efforts of 137 experts from 24 countries and coordinated by researchers in FAPESP’s programs, the report will be used for public policies in São Paulo State.

Transnational dialogues in occupational accidents

In this article, Karina Ramacciotti aims to examine the transnational references in local discussions about occupational accidents in Peru and Chile during the first half of the twentieth century.