Castro, Janete Lima deGermano, José Willington2020-11-092020-11-092010CASTRO, Janete Lima de; GERMANO, José Willington. A Difusão da Medicina Social no Brasil: o Protagonismo de Juan César Garcia e da OPAS. Revista Cronos, Natal, v. 11, n. 1, 2010. ISSN 1982-5560. Disponível em: <https://periodicos.ufrn.br/cronos/article/view/1697>. Acesso em: 27 mar. 2018.1982-5560https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/30537This article discusses the Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) participation in the spread of social medicine in Brazil. It begins with the leading role of the Argentine physician, sociologist and historian Juan César Garcia (1932-1984) and his support in the creation and consolidation of several post-graduate programs in Social Medicine in Latin America. Among them is the post-graduate program at the Institute of Social Medicine of the Rio de Janeiro State University.Acesso AbertoOPASJuan César GarcíaFormação em Medicina Socialarticle