![]() This was the fruit of a long process that began in 1886 with the creation of the Central Health Board, which evolved into the Superior Sanitary Council (1913), the National Health Direction (1920), and the National Department of Health (1931), all dependents of one state institution or another. Indeed, knowledge on the emergence of the Ministry of Public Health is scarce since historians have mainly focused on the Ministry of Hygiene, since it was the first autonomous institution for public hygiene in Colombia. Our interest stems from the lack of knowledge on the emergence of this institution, despite its important influence on health in the country and its longer existence than its predecessor, the Ministry of Hygiene. ![]() This study explains the historical transition from a Ministry of Hygiene to a Ministry of Public Health in Colombia during the Cold War, between 19. ![]()
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