EDITORIAL



The production of knowledge in Latin America Open Access
Ana Luz Quintanilla-Montoya


ARTICLES



The right to health at law courts: Some effects of judicial activism on the health system in Argentina Open Access
Víctor Abramovich, Laura Pautassi


Macroeconomic processes and homicides: An ecological study in the outskirts of Buenos Aires (Argentina) between 1989 and 2006 Open Access
Hugo Spinelli, Guillermo Macías, Victoria Darraidou


Drug Policies: prevention, participation and harm reduction Open Access
Oriol Romaní


Opposite pathways in social health care in Mexico Open Access
Oliva López-Arellano, José Blanco Gil


Promotion of Health, "empowerment" and education: a critical reflection as a contribution to the sanitary reform Open Access
Sérgio Resende Carvalho


Comparative epidemiological study of firearms related mortality in Brazil and Argentina, 1990-2005 Open Access
Marina Gabriela Zunino, Edinilsa Ramos de Souza, Bruno Lauritzen


HISTORICAL REVIEWS



Chagas disease in the eyes of the Nation: science and health in Brazil at the beginnings of the 20th century Open Access
Simone Petraglia Kropf


HOMAGE



Tribute to Mario Hamilton (Buenos Aires 1932 - Rio de Janeiro 2008) Open Access
Mario Testa