Article ID: CBB001420727

Saúde pública e modernidade tropical: o combate à doença do sono na Guiné Portuguesa, 1945--1974 (2014)

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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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Authors & Contributors
Peter Kennedy
Shin, Y. J.
Suzuki, Akihito
Roque, Ana Cristina
Porras, María Isabel
Pollock, Ethan
Concepts
Disease and diseases
Health care
Public health
Medicine
Epidemics
Portugal, colonies
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
21st century
20th century, late
Places
Argentina
Japan
Europe
Great Britain
Brazil
Velha Goa (India)
Institutions
European Association against Poliomyelitis
World Health Organization (WHO)
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