2004
Sao Paulo, Brazil

In 1880 the Smallpox Hospital, dedicated solely to smallpox patients, started its activities with a single building, and in 1894 underwent its first expansion in view of the need to assist epidemics patients infected with yellow fever, diphtheria and typhoid fever. In 1932, the name was changed to Emílio Ribas Isolation Hospital in honor of the public health active physician in smallpox and yellow fever epidemics. The hospital acts on the combat of other great epidemics, such as meningitis in the 1970s, later with increasing efforts against infectious and parasitic diseases, and it is known since the early 20th century as one of the world’s foremost in treating them. In 1991, it was renamed as Emilio Ribas Institute Of Infectology.