Seja bem-vindo vizinho: A viagem de Heitor Praguer Fróes pelos Estados Unidos e a reconstrução da campanha contra a febre amarela nas Américas (1943-1947)

Abstract

This article examines the joints that led to the proposition of the Continental Campaign for the Eradication of Aedes aegypti, approved and implemented by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) from 1947, in a context marked by an increasing of the cooperation between the Latin American countries in the health area. The analysis starts with the travel that the Brazilian doctor Hector Praguer Fróes held to the United States in 1943, relating it to the prominent role played by him in the Continental Campaign proposition. The travel of Fróes and its consequences as regards the fight against yellow fever in the Americas offer us a chance to revisit the "Good Neighbor Policy", dialoguing with the existing literature on the subject from its implications on the field of public health on the continent.