Article ID: CBB000933077

Malaria and the Emergence of Rural Health in Argentina: An Analysis from the Perspective of International Interaction and Co-operation (2008)

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Alvarez, Adriana (Author)


Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadienne d'Histoire de la Medecine
Volume: 25
Pages: 137--160


Publication Date: 2008
Edition Details: Part of a special issue: Communication, Control, and Co-operation: (Latin) American Interchanges in the History of International Health
Language: English

At the end of the 19th century, after having long neglected sanitary conditions in rural areas, Argentinean public health authorities began to recognize the need to combat malaria in the country's northern provinces. The disease was proliferating among workers in the sugarcane and cotton industries, jeopardizing national and international economic interests. The crusade against malaria involved co-operation of the Argentinean, Brazilian, European, and US scientists, whose concerted efforts led to identification of the local characteristics of the disease and its mosquito vector. Argentina's antimalaria campaigns also derived from international interactions, but 19th-century European models proved hard to supplant. This study illustrates how malaria was established as an issue of public concern in Argentina in the early 20th century, highlighting the disease's socioeconomic dimensions and exploring the role of international sanitary co-operation in paving the way for the establishment of a rural hygiene discourse.

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Article Birn, Anne-Emanuelle; Hochman, Gilberto (2008) Guest Editors' Introduction: Communication, Control, and Co-operation: (Latin) American Interchanges in the History of International Health. Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadienne d'Histoire de la Medecine (p. 7). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Carter, Eric D.
Rune Svarverud
Sanyal, Indranil
Barbara Barksdale Clowse
Meneghini, Luisa
Aldo De Togni
Concepts
Public health
Hygiene
Malaria
Disease and diseases
Medicine and society
Medicine and government
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
Meiji period (Japan, 1868-1910)
Places
Argentina
Portugal
Italy
Amazon River Region (South America)
United States
Russia
Institutions
Rockefeller Foundation
Calcutta Medical College
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