This paper presents a history of the use and perception of pesticides in the state of Santa Catarina.

It features articles in English, Spanish and Portuguese on a range of different topics.

En la carta de presentación del último número de HCSM, la editora invitada Karina Ramaciotti aborda los ataques contra la ciencia en su país.

En entrevista a DW, Marcos Cueto analiza el brote actual de fiebre amarilla en Brasil desde una perspectiva histórica.

This issue offers an invaluable collection of articles on the topic of mental health.

During this week we will publish interviews, videos and texts about our next issue in Scielo’s blog.

It features a dossier on different aspects of the cooperation between these countries, including knowledge transfer, epidemiology and Haitian immigration.

This paper discusses the initiatives against Malaria epidemics over this period and identifies them as early stages of an international approach to the control of the disease.

The document released by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) presents recommendations on the domains of healthcare delivery and research.

João Rangel de Almeida, of the Wellcome Trust, talks about the role of humanities and social sciences to improve health and about several projects supported by Wellcome in Low-and-Middle-Income-Countries.