The College has created\u00a0The History of Vaccines\u00a0<\/em>to provide a living, changing chronicle of the compelling history of vaccination, from pre-Jennerian variolation practices, to the defeat of polio in the Western Hemisphere, to cutting-edge approaches to novel vaccines and vaccine delivery.<\/p>\n The site aims to increase public knowledge and understanding of the ways in which vaccines, toxoids, and passive immunization work, how they have been developed, and the role they have played in the improvement of human health.<\/p>\n The site also discusses some of the controversies about vaccination and some of the challenges, difficulties, and tragic events that have occurred in the use of vaccines.<\/p>\n Much of the historical material that appears on\u00a0The History of Vaccines\u00a0<\/em>comes from The College\u2019s Historical Medical Library and its wealth of rare books, medical journals, manuscripts, and archives.<\/p>\n See in Manguinhos:<\/p>\n The Politics of Vaccination<\/a>\u00a0– The article about the yellow fever vaccine in Brazil was written by Jaime Benchimol, member of our scientific editorial council.<\/p>\n Brazilian researchers have successfully tested a vaccine for Chagas disease<\/a>\u00a0– Lab mice were observed after being infected with Chagas. While all animals that were not vaccinated died, 80% of those immunized survived.<\/p>\n La historia de la malaria en Am\u00e9rica Latina<\/a>\u00a0– Una nueva actualizaci\u00f3n epidemiol\u00f3gica de la Organizaci\u00f3n Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), emitida el 30 de enero de 2018, indica un aumento en el n\u00famero de casos de malaria en las Am\u00e9ricas durante 2016 y 2017. Lea m\u00e1s sobre la malaria en HCSM.<\/p>\n Carlos Chagas in the Amazon, 1913<\/a>\u00a0– It reviews the 21 days expedition up the Yaco River, in Alto Purus, federal territory of Acre.<\/p>\n Las campa\u00f1as de vacunaci\u00f3n contra la viruela en M\u00e9xico durante la d\u00e9cada de 1940<\/a>\u00a0– El art\u00edculo examina algunas transformaciones por las que atravesaron los programas mexicanos de vacunaci\u00f3n al establecerse la Campa\u00f1a Nacional contra la Viruela.<\/p>\n La erradicaci\u00f3n de la malaria en M\u00e9xico, 1956-1971<\/a>\u00a0– Marcos Cueto analiza el desarrollo de la campa\u00f1a de erradicaci\u00f3n del paludismo en M\u00e9xico en el marco de la Guerra Fr\u00eda<\/p>\n El caso de la malaria en Colombia<\/a>\u00a0– El art\u00edculo muestra el proceso que condujo a la medicina colombiana al descubrimiento y aceptaci\u00f3n de las causas de la enfermedad.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.revistahcsm.coc.fiocruz.br\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-17-at-3.41.48-PM.png\")
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