February, 11 International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This special dossier of HCS-Manguinhos published in 2008 is entirely dedicated to gender, women and science.

EDITORS’ NOTE Silva, André Felipe Cândido da; Cueto, Marcos · text in English | Portuguese ANALYSIS Psychosis and schizophrenia: effects of changes in psychiatric classifications on clinical and theoretical approaches to mental illness Tenório, Fernando · abstract in English | Portuguese     · text in English | Portuguese Culture: by the...

EDITORS’ NOTE Cueto, Marcos; Silva, André Felipe Cândido da · text in English | Portuguese ANALYSIS Science and miscegenation in the early twentieth century: Edgard Roquette-Pinto’s debates and controversies with US physical anthropology Souza, Vanderlei Sebastião de · abstract in English | Portuguese Basic sanitation policy in Brazil:...

CARTA DOS EDITORES EDITORS’ NOTE Silva, André Felipe Cândido da; Cueto, Marcos · text in English | Portuguese ANALYSIS Pharmaceutical studies during the Second Empire in the Gaceta Médica de México Vega y Ortega, Rodrigo · abstract in English | Spanish     · text in English | Spanish International cooperation in health: the case of...

EDITOR’S NOTE Cueto, Marcos; Silva, André Felipe Cândido da · text in English | Spanish GUEST EDITOR’S NOTE: THE BIOMEDICALIZATION OF BRAZILIAN BODIES: ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES Löwy, Ilana; Sanabria, Emilia · text in English | Portuguese ANALYSIS The biomedicalisation of illegal abortion: the double life of misoprostol in...

EDITORS’ NOTE Crises can trigger change Silva, André Felipe Cândido da; Cueto, Marcos · text in English | Portuguese ANALYSIS Between control and hacker activism: the political actions of Anonymous Brasil Machado, Murilo Bansi · abstract in English | Portuguese · text in English | Portuguese Regulating the internet: a comparative analysis...

EDITORS’ NOTE Cueto, Marcos; Silva, André Felipe Cândido da · text in English | Spanish ANALYSIS On the emergence and consolidation of bioethics as a discipline, as seen from a sociological perspective Irrazábal, Gabriela · abstract in English | Spanish Hansen’s disease in the state of Amazonas: policy and institutional treatment of a...

EDITORS’ NOTE Silva, André Felipe Cândido da; Cueto, Marcos · text in English | Portuguese ANALYSIS Theories about the propagation of yellow fever: the scientific debate in the São Paulo press between 1895 and 1903 Lódola, Soraya; Góis Junior, Edivaldo · abstract in English | Portuguese     · text in English | Portuguese The...

ROADS TRAVELED Benchimol, Jaime L. · text in English | Portuguese HORIZONS AND CHALLENGES Cueto, Marcos; Silva, André Felipe Cândido da · text in English | Portuguese ANALYSIS “Sick and unable to march:” life and death in the army of the Dutch West India Company in the Northeast of Brazil, 1630-1654 Miranda, Bruno Romero Ferreira · abstract in...

EDITOR’S LETTER · text in English | Spanish BIOETHICS AND DIPLOMACY IN THE HEALTH DOSSIER Presentation Paiva, Carlos Henrique Assunção; Santana, José Paranaguá de · text in English | Portuguese ANALYSIS South-South Cooperation: Brazilian experiences in South America and Africa Santos, Roberta de Freitas; Cerqueira, Mateus...