Abstract

LANA, Vanessa. Aristides Maltez Hospital and the control of cervical cancer in Brazil. Dynamis [online]. 2014, vol.34, n.1, pp.25-47. ISSN 2340-7948.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S0211-95362014000100003.

The Aristides Maltez Hospital in Salvador (Bahia) was inaugurated in 1952. The hospital was a philanthropic institution of the Bahian League Against Cancer. The Aristides Maltez Hospital specialised in cancer treatment, especially cervical cancer, and became a reference centre for the control of cancer in northeastern Brazil. This article follows the creation and consolidation of the hospital as a treatment, research, and training centre, evaluating its role in discussions and action networks on cervical cancer in the mid-20th century. The institution has been a space of transition in the use of diagnostic tools and the organisation of campaigns to control cancer in municipalities of the hinterland.

Keywords : History of cancer; cervical cancer; health politics; colposcopy; Pap smear.

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