Article ID: CBB001420647

Poder e saúde na América do Sul: os congressos sanitários internacionais, 1870--1889 (2013)

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This article analyzes the international sanitary conferences that were held in South America in 1873 and 1887, involving the Brazilian Empire and the Republics of Argentina and Uruguay, as an integral part of a series of similar events that took place in Europe and North America starting in the second half of the nineteenth century. The interests of the countries involved, namely trade relations and immigration from Europe - both directly affected by the epidemics - are discussed, and the repercussions of these sanitary agreements on the other countries in the Americas are indicated. The American health conventions in the late nineteenth century represented the first initiatives in the Americas to solve international public health problems.

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Authors & Contributors
Fernanda Rebelo-Pinto
Belich, James
Sharma, Jayeeta
Rodriguez, Julia Emilia
Rebelo, Fernanda
Podgorny, Irina
Journals
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas
Science Technology and Society
Science in Context
Museum History Journal
Hygiea Internationalis
Publishers
Univ. Chicago Press
Princeton University Press
Lugar Editorial
Lexington Books
Harvard University Press
Duke University Press
Concepts
Emigration; immigration
Public health
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Imperialism
Epidemics
Colonialism
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
Medieval
Enlightenment
20th century, early
18th century
Places
Brazil
Argentina
Europe
India
Uruguay
South America
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
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