Abstract

SANCHEZ DONCELL, Javier et al. Historical events in epidemiology, at the Muñiz Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Medicina (B. Aires) [online]. 2023, vol.83, n.3, pp.442-454. ISSN 0025-7680.

The Muñiz hospital is an institution with historical, cultural and health heritage. A historical analysis of the different epidemics/pandemics and outbreaks is carried out here, assessing the epidemiological man agement (surveillance, prevention, control and emer gency management) in the institution and the reason for its architecture. To this end, a systematic review of the literature on the history of the Muñiz hospital and its references was carried out, since 1980 to 2023, following the PRISMA format. Thirty-six publications were found that met the required methodological and epidemiological criteria. The review shows the relevant health problems, the events present in an epidemic/ pandemic, the importance of preventive measures and to assess the need for a continuous epidemiological surveillance system, as well as the contribution of historical methodological references that allow obtaining useful information in the health area. We have addressed great historical moments in epidemiology, explaining the management of diseases or epidemics/pandemics at the Muñiz hospital, which were largely related to the society of the time (paradigms). It should be noted that population growth spread diseases throughout the planet, generating threats, and that epidemics/pan demics transformed societies and quite possibly have decisively changed the course of history, as happened with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords : Hospital Muñiz; Viruela símica; HIV; Fiebre amarilla; Cólera; COVID-19; Epidemiología; Hospital Muñiz; Monkeypox; HIV; Yellow fever; Cholera; COVID-19; Epidemiology.

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