Article ID: CBB001022201

Spain and the International Scientific Conferences on Polio, 1940s--1960s (2010)

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The development of international health from a historical point of view has undergone major advances in recent times and constitutes a substantial part of the current agenda for historians of medicine. Within this framework, and focussing on a specific case study (international responses to poliomyelitis outbreaks in the 20th century), we explore the main actions and achievements of agencies such as the WHO and other private and international scientific organizations. Furthermore, this paper seeks to identify the Spanish presence andabsence in these activities, their causes and consequences.

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Authors & Contributors
Porras, María Isabel
Ballester, Rosa
Báguena Cervellera, María José
Wilson, Daniel J.
Siles González, José
Álvarez López, Óscar
Journals
Asclepio: Archivo Iberoamericano de Historia de la Medicina
Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam
Hygiea Internationalis
Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas
History and Technology
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Publishers
University of Alabama Press
Texas A&M University Press
Mabuse
Johns Hopkins University Press
Hurst
Greenwood Press
Concepts
Poliomyelitis
Medicine
Public health
Disease and diseases
Vaccines; vaccination
Epidemiology
People
Babudieri, Brenno
Koch, Robert
Salk, Jonas Edward
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, late
20th century, early
21st century
18th century
Places
Spain
United States
Córdoba (Spain)
North Korea
Argentina
Sweden
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
European Association against Poliomyelitis
Tuskegee Institute
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