The International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation and the training of health professionals in Brazil: the case of Olympio da Fonseca (1920s)
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https://doi.org/10.3989/asclepio.2021.11Keywords:
Rockefeller Foundation, Fellowships, Health Professionals, Brazil, Olympio da FonsecaAbstract
Our proposal, in this paper, is to discuss the role of the International Health Division (IHD) of the Rockefeller Foundation (RF) in the training of health personnel through the fellowship program of the North American philanthropic institution and, more specifically, the Foundation’s work in training professionals linked to Brazil, highlighting the case of Olympio da Fonseca. Olympio da Fonseca was an important Brazilian researcher. Among the positions held by Fonseca, we can highlight the direction of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, between 1949 and 1953, and the organization and direction of the Brazilian Institute for Research in the Amazon (1954-1955). Several sources allow us to reflect on the professional trajectory of the doctor and his training from the RF fellowship, such as the record produced by the Foundation (Fellowship card) and an interview granted by Olympio da Fonseca to the Center for Research and Documentation of Contemporary History of Brazil (Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil - CPDOC) of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV) in 1977.
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