Public health and tropical modernity: the combat against sleeping sickness in Portuguese Guinea, 1945-1974

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Autor(a) principal: Havik,Philip Jan
Data de Publicação: 2014
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: História. Ciências. Saúde-Manguinhos
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Resumo: Until the establishment of the “Commission for the study of and combat against sleeping sickness” (Missão de estudo e combate à doença do sono) in 1945, underfunded and understaffed health services had not been a priority for the colonial administration in Portuguese Guinea. The Commission not only implemented endemic disease control in the territory under the auspices of metropolitan institutions, but also provided preventive public healthcare to the local population. Its relative success in reducing the negative impact of Human African Trypanosomiasis turned the colony into an apparent model of tropical modernity. In the process, the local evolution of the disease was marginalized, despite the tacit but contested recognition by some health professionals of the role of popular healthcare.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Public health and tropical modernity: the combat against sleeping sickness in Portuguese Guinea, 1945-1974
title Public health and tropical modernity: the combat against sleeping sickness in Portuguese Guinea, 1945-1974
spellingShingle Public health and tropical modernity: the combat against sleeping sickness in Portuguese Guinea, 1945-1974
Havik,Philip Jan
sleeping sickness
tropical and colonial medicine
public health
local practices
Portuguese Guinea
title_short Public health and tropical modernity: the combat against sleeping sickness in Portuguese Guinea, 1945-1974
title_full Public health and tropical modernity: the combat against sleeping sickness in Portuguese Guinea, 1945-1974
title_fullStr Public health and tropical modernity: the combat against sleeping sickness in Portuguese Guinea, 1945-1974
title_full_unstemmed Public health and tropical modernity: the combat against sleeping sickness in Portuguese Guinea, 1945-1974
title_sort Public health and tropical modernity: the combat against sleeping sickness in Portuguese Guinea, 1945-1974
author Havik,Philip Jan
author_facet Havik,Philip Jan
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Havik,Philip Jan
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv sleeping sickness
tropical and colonial medicine
public health
local practices
Portuguese Guinea
topic sleeping sickness
tropical and colonial medicine
public health
local practices
Portuguese Guinea
description Until the establishment of the “Commission for the study of and combat against sleeping sickness” (Missão de estudo e combate à doença do sono) in 1945, underfunded and understaffed health services had not been a priority for the colonial administration in Portuguese Guinea. The Commission not only implemented endemic disease control in the territory under the auspices of metropolitan institutions, but also provided preventive public healthcare to the local population. Its relative success in reducing the negative impact of Human African Trypanosomiasis turned the colony into an apparent model of tropical modernity. In the process, the local evolution of the disease was marginalized, despite the tacit but contested recognition by some health professionals of the role of popular healthcare.
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