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The objective of this review paper is to show a historic overview for the development of population policies in Peru, specially focusing in the role of Peruvian physicians and public health specialists and foreign agencies during the past forty years. The main argument is that these policies have not been sustained -- mainly because of political reasons -- which led national participating institutions to have a weak role, to have poor negotiating capabilities with international donors and to a constant return to topics that may have been solved in the past. Lack of understanding and lack of willing for getting over all inconsistencies within this historical pattern partly explains all the difficulty for maintaining population policies as a priority in the national agenda. This is a historical review based in looking at documents and press articles, as well as performing deep interviews with some actors of population policies in this country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including cyberactivism, Internet campaign by the political party Podemos in Spain, and social network Facebook in Portugal.

An introduction is presented in which the scientific editor Jaime Benchimol mentions the collaboration of two advising researchers, namely, Sergio Goes de Paula and Marcos Cueto. According to the author, the two mentioned advisors' support enable the internationalization of the periodical, which has received a significant amount of articles submitted to publishing. Information and suggestions on article writing are provided.

The article presents the author's views on fire accident at the National Museum in Brazil. Topics discussed include damage caused by the fire, investment in cultural history of Brazil, history of academic development over there, history of science and technology in the region and redevelopment of the museum.

The article presents the author's views on 25th anniversary of periodical "Historia, Ciencias, Saude Manguinhos." Various topics discussed include focus of the periodical on scientific research in Brazil and Latin America, its editorial board, ranking of other scientific periodicals and articles to be published.

The article presents the author's views on 25th anniversary of periodical "Historia, Ciencias, Saude Manguinhos." Various topics discussed include focus of the periodical on scientific research in Brazil and Latin America, its editorial board, ranking of other scientific periodicals and articles to be published.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including public health policy in Latin America, authoritarian intervention and relation between politics and public health.

An introduction is presented in which the editors discuss various reports within the issue on topics including the history of mental health, psychiatry, and psychoanalysis, psychiatric reform law in Brazil, and the history of knowledge and mental health in Brazil.

The article discusses various presentations made at the workshop titled "Challenges Facing Interdisciplinary Journals: Experiences from the United Kingdom, Brazil, and Latin America in History, the Social Sciences, and the Humanities," held during June 22-24, 2014. Topics discussed at the event included the challenges of internationalization, professionalization and financial sustainability for history journals; and financial problems faced by Brazilian and Latin American journals.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including analysis of medicine, public health, and the life sciences.

The article presents the author's views on the history of global medical care. Various topics discussed include adoption of the Declaration on Primary Health Care (PHC), medical care conference organized by the World Health Organization (WHO), political aspects of the PHC, funding challenges faced by the periodicals of Brazil.

The article discusses various developments related to the periodical "Historia, Ciencias, Saude Manguinhos" (HCSM) since 2013. It is stated that the journal has been active on social networks since 2013, and has a blog in Portuguese and English. The editorial board of the journal is planning minor changes in order to meet the demands of internationalization. HCSM is also implementing an online submission system for manuscripts.

An introduction is presented in which the editor reflects on the 2014 outbreak of the Ebola virus in Africa, as well as the history of the disease since the 1970s, commenting on the naming of the disease after the community in which it was first identified and methods of protection and prevention.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including the prevention of malaria in Brazil, nuclear protection during the regime of Francisco Franco in Spain, and leprosy in Argentina and Brazil in the middle of the 20th century.