Viva Mulher: Constructing a cervical cancer control program in Brazil Porto, Marco Antonio Botelho Briglia Habib, Paula Arantes Cervical cancer Cancer control History of cancer control in Brazil History of disease History of public policy Cáncer de cuello de útero Control del cáncer Historia del control del cáncer en Brasil Historia de la enfermedad Historia de las políticas públicas Through a number of isolated initiatives that began in the 1960s, Brazil accumulated knowledge and experience that in the late 1990s culminated in the implementation of the first nationwide public health action meant to coordinate health bodies and personnel from the federal, state, and municipal administrative levels to address a chronic degenerative disease. The main goal of this article is to analyze the process of construction of this public policy for cancer control in Brazil —more specifically, organized screening for the control of cervical cancer in the form of the Viva Mulher program. Our analytical approach relies on elements from the history of public policy and from the history of institutions, combining the use of documental sources, scientific literature, and interviews with managers involved in the process under study. Our analysis endeavors to show how and to what extent this national process incorporated the experiences of local projects and responded both to pressure from the social movement and to the country’s political environment. It further shows how the new context, shaped by changes in the organization of the Brazilian health system, influenced this process. 2022-06-21T07:49:29Z 2022-06-21T07:49:29Z 2014 journal article Porto, M. A., A. B. B. H. Paula. «Viva Mulher : Constructing a Cervical Cancer Control Program in Brazil». Dynamis: Acta Hispanica Ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam, Vol. 34, Núm. 1, 1, p. 101-23. 0211-9536 http://hdl.handle.net/10481/75564 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ open access Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España Universidad de Granada