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The “Culture of Survival” and International Public Health in Latin America: The Cold War and the Eradication of Diseases in the Mid-Twentieth Century (2015)

História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Volume: 22, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 255-273

DOI: 10.1590/S0104-59702015000100015

Publication Date: 2015
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Portuguese. Part of a Series: International Health/Global Health Dossier
Language: Portuguese

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Health Cold War Disease and diseases Public health International cooperation 20th century, late

This article analyzes the main campaigns run by international agencies and national health bodies to eradicate infectious diseases in rural Latin America in the 1940s and 1950s. The political dimensions of the period have been studied but there has been little attention as yet to the health dimensions. This article proposes the concept of a "culture of survival" to explain the official public health problems of states with limited social policies that did not allow the exercise of citizenship. Public health, as part of this culture of survival, sought a temporary solution without confronting the social problems that led to infections and left a public health legacy in the region.

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