A5025158465- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Public Health and Social Inequalities
- History of Medicine and Tropical Health
- Global Health and Surgery
- History and Politics in Latin America
- Health, Nursing, Elderly Care
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- History of Science and Medicine
- Health and Medical Education
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Science, Technology, and Education in Latin America
- Medicine and Dermatology Studies History
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Global Security and Public Health
- Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Historical Studies in Science
- Urban and sociocultural dynamics
- Science and Science Education
- Latin American history and culture
- International Relations in Latin America
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond
- Science and Education Research
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
2015-2024
Columbia University
1984-2022
Faculdades Oswaldo Cruz
2018-2022
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
2003-2021
Instituto Nacional de Salud
2021
Care International
2016
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2016
Institute of Peruvian Studies
1994-2013
Rockefeller Foundation
2008-2012
Rockefeller University
2008-2012
The term "global health" is rapidly replacing the older terminology of "international health." We describe role World Health Organization (WHO) in both international and global health transition from one to other. suggest that emerged as part larger political historical processes, which WHO found its dominant challenged began reposition itself within a shifting set power alliances. Between 1948 1998, moved being unquestioned leader an organization crisis, facing budget shortfalls diminished...
I present a historical study of the role played by World Health Organization and UNICEF in emergence diffusion concept primary health care during late 1970s early 1980s. have analyzed these organizations’ political context, their leaders, methodologies technologies associated with perspective, debates on meaning care. These led to development an alternative, more restricted approach, known as selective My examined library archival sources; cite examples from Latin America.
Despite several studies on the social, cultural, and political histories of medicine public health in different parts Latin America Caribbean, local national focuses still predominate, there are few panoramic that analyze overarching tendencies development region. This comprehensive book summarizes social history medicine, medical education, places it dialogue with international historiographical currents health. Ultimately, this text provides a clear, broad, provocative synthesis American...
In the mid-1950s, with planning and funding from United States, Mexico embarked on an ambitious campaign to eradicate malaria, which was widespread persistent. This new history explores politics of that campaign. Marcos Cueto describes international basis program, its national organization in Mexico, local implementation by health practitioners workers, reception among population. Drawing archives Switzerland, he highlights militant Cold War rhetoric founders analyzes mixed motives...
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Preface Introduction 1. Visions of Science and Development: The Rockefeller FoundationOs Latin American Surveys the 1920s Marcos Cueto 2. Nationalism Public Health: Convergence Foundation Technique Brazilain Federal Authority during Time Yellow Fever, 1925-1930 Steven C. Williams 3. Foudnation in Revolutionary Mexico: Fever Yucatan Veracruz Armando Solorzano 4. Exporting Agriculture: Mexico, 1943-1953 Deborah Fitzgerald 5. Mexican Agricultural Project: A Cross-Cultural Encounter, 1943-1949...
This article examines the history of Mexican physiology during period 1910-60 when two noted investigators, José J. Izquierdo, first, and Arturo Rosenblueth, second, inscribed their work into an international network medical research. The had at its center laboratory Walter B. Cannon Harvard University. Rockefeller Foundation was main supporter. Rosenblueth quite familiar with because he worked for over ten years before returning to Mexico in early 1940s. Izquierdo developed different...
No contexto da saúde pública internacional, 'saúde global' parece estar emergindo como um termo de reconhecida preferência. Este artigo apresenta uma análise crítica do significado e importância global', situa sua crescente popularidade no histórico. Um foco específico deste estudo é o papel Organização Mundial Saúde - OMS, tanto na 'internacional' quanto 'global', agente transição para outra. Entre 1948 1998 a OMS enfrentou dificuldades, ao deparar com crise organizacional, cortes...
This article studies the political and medical processes in which World Health Organization emerged was formally created 1948 as main multilateral agency health linked to recently United Nations. These begun 1945 when States Soviet Union began work together defeat Nazis ended shortly after beginning of Cold War 1947, namely rivalry competition between North-American superpowers that would take place during second half 20th century. The could validate itself a changing context left legacy...
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This paper examines the decline of AIDS Programme in Brazil, Latin American country most affected by epidemic, with emphasis second decade twenty-first century. For many years, Brazil served as a model Global Health due to comprehensive preventive policy, partnership between government and health activists support life-saving drugs public goods rather than commodities. The regression policies interacted developments United States well multilateral agencies like UNAIDS that emphasised...
Some studies have challenged the role played by philanthropic agencies in organization of scientific work underdeveloped societies. This paper is intended to add this literature studying relationships developed between Rockefeller Foundation and physiological research four Latin American countries. The latter received sizeable grants during 1940s 1950s, not only as a result degree excellence achieved some laboratories region, but also means spreading an academic model inspired élite medical...
This study describes the early work of International Health Commission Rockefeller Foundation, one first US philanthropic agencies that decided around 1913 to operate abroad. It traces previous efforts understand and fight hookworm disease, conducted by doctors in South all world. Steven Palmer gives visibility investigations accomplishments professionals from developing countries, who sometimes worked independently European centers medical knowledge before aid experts even existed.This book...