Aids, Brazil and Global Health: 1986-2001
Marcos Cueto, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil; PLAS Visiting Fellow
Tue, 11/11 · 12:00 pm—1:15 pm · 216 Aaron Burr Hall
Program in Latin American Studies
This presentation will explore the national and international policies of Brazilian governments and NGOs aimed at securing access to life-saving antiretroviral medicines for people living with AIDS, during a pivotal moment in global health policies.
ABOUT OUR GUEST SPEAKER
Marcos Cueto (Ph.D. Columbia University) is a Peruvian/Brazilian historian. He is a professor at the Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, in Rio de Janeiro, and served as the editor of História, Ciência, Saúde Manguinhos, the journal published by this research institution. He is also a researcher at the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos in Lima. His research focuses on the history of epidemics and the history of medical science in Latin America. Along with Steve Palmer, Cueto coauthored Medicine and Public Health in Latin America: A History (Cambridge University Press, 2016), which won the George Rosen Award from the American Association for the History of Medicine. He has been a visiting professor at Chicago, Harvard, and Stanford universities. While at Princeton, Cueto will work on a research project titled Inequality, Politics, and Social Responses to COVID-19 in Latin America.
