July 2018
The importance of the historical perspective for social thinking in health: the contributions of Madel Luz and Emerson Merhy, published in our current issue (vol.25 no.2 abr./jun. 2018) examines the work of two prominent Brazilian authors of the field of collective health.
Madel Therezinha Luz is a philosopher and sociologist with large experience on health sociology. Emerson Merhy is a reference in the field of public health and has contributed to the construction of the Brazilian Unified Health System – SUS.
Researchers at Universidade de São Paulo (USP) Maria Cristina da Costa Marques, Áurea Maria Zöllner Ianni, Áquila Mendes and Rafael Mantovani reviews the work of Luz and Merhy in order to understand the role of historical perspectives in public health.
Read in Manguinhos:
“Thinking historically might be a good idea” – In this interview to our blog the Professor of History at the University of Virginia Christian McMillen talks about the main challenges of tuberculosis control in developing countries today.
Fifty years of historical research on tuberculosis – Access a free collection of articles about tuberculosis of the journal Medical History.
A historical perspective on Ebola – Marcos Cuetos discusses three aspects and three dangers of this devastating ebola outbreak.
Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics – This online collection provides information on diseases and epidemics worldwide, and is organized around significant “episodes” of contagious disease.
Brazilian health reform: an historical approach – The complex and fascinating process of emergence of the Unified Health System (SUS) in Brazil in the late 80s is thoroughly examined by Paulo Henrique de Almeida Rodrigues.
