01665nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653002300051653001100074653001900085653002600104653002600130653001200156100001800168700001800186700001400204700001500218245008600233856005300319300001100372490000700383520100700390022001401397       2003                            d  c200310aBiography as Topic10aBrazil10aHistoriography10aHistory, 20th Century10aHistory, 21st Century10aleprosy1 aRosa Maciel L1 aOliveira MLWD1 aGallo MEN1 aDamasco MS00aMemories and history of Hansen's disease in Brazil told by witnesses (1960-2000).  uhttp://www.scielo.br/pdf/hcsm/v10s1/a15v10s1.pdf  a308-350 v103 a<p>This report is a preliminary result of a survey on memories and history of Hansen's disease, or 'hanseniasis', prepared by the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) and the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) using statements from those who have been afflicted by the disease or those that have fought against it. It outlines the methodology used by the authors and gives a succinct history of Hansen's disease in Brazil, together wish information on the stage of the survey with extracts from our archives of statements. The founding and the role of Movement for the Reintegration of People Afflicted by Hansen's Disease (Morhan) are explained in the testimony of Thomas Frist, a social scientist who worked in Brazil in the 1970s and 1980s, when the country's old colonies were being restructured, and Cristiano Torres, a former patient who spent time in prevention centers and leproseries in Pará state and who is now active in proposing new policy for the control of Hansen's disease.</p>  a0104-5970