title: Izabel dos Santos and the training of the health workers.
abstract: This article discusses the career of Izabel dos Santos (1927-2010) as a means of examining the connections between health schools and agendas in contemporary Brazil. The article highlights dos Santos's training and her work in the Serviço Especial de Saúde Pública (SESP- Special Public Health Service), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and in the formulation and implementation of national training programs for human resources within the area of health from the late 1970s onwards. The article highlights dos Santos's central role in the formulation and implementation of training policies for health workers, especially nursing technicians and assistants, and demonstrates how she occupies an important place in the history of Brazilian public health.
authors.affiliation: Observatório História e Saúde, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, cpaiva@focruz.br.
authors.forename: Carlos Henrique Assunção
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Paiva
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education; D049673:History, 20th Century; D010175:Pan American Health Organization; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education / Q000266:history*