title: [The Amazon Sanitation Plan (1940-1942)].
abstract: The article addresses the Amazon Sanitation Plan and the political context in which it was formulated between 1940 and 1941. It examines the role of Getúlio Vargas, the activities of the plan's main protagonists (such as Evandro Chagas, João de Barros Barreto, and Valério Konder), its key proposals, and its demise as of 1942 upon creation of the Special Public Health Service (Sesp), which grew out of cooperation agreements between Brazil and the US following both nations' involvement in World War II. A reproduction of the Plan as published in the Arquivos de Higiene in 1941 is included.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-graduação em História das Ciências e da Saúde/Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil, 4036 21040-361, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. romulopa@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Rômulo de Paula
authors.initials: Rde P
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.forename: Gilberto
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hochman
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D001938:Brazil; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008288:Malaria / Q000266:history / Q000517:prevention & control; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012499:Sanitation / Q000266:history*