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
Abreu, Jean Luiz Neves
Báguena Cervellera, María José
Ballester, Rosa
Bastos, Cristiana
Bernabeu Mestre, Josep
Carbonetti, Adrián
Journals
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadienne d'Histoire de la Medecine
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam
Korean Journal of Medical History
Medical History
Publishers
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
The University of Arizona Press
Luath Press Ltd
Concepts
Disease and diseases
Public health
Health care
Medicine
Epidemics
Medicine and government
People
Jamot, Eugene
Choe Ung-sok
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
21st century
18th century
20th century, late
Places
Brazil
Europe
Japan
Argentina
Africa
Great Britain
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
European Association against Poliomyelitis
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