Book ID: CBB456060024

Tuberculosis – The Singapore Experience, 1867–2018: Disease, Society and the State (2019)

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Kah Seng Loh (Author)
Hsu, Li Yang (Author)


Routledge


Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 180
Language: English

Through a rich account of tuberculosis in Singapore from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, this book charts the relationship between disease, society and the state, outlining the struggles of colonial and post-colonial governments to cope with widespread disease and to establish effective public health programmes and institutions. Beginning in the nineteenth century when British colonial administrators viewed tuberculosis as a racial problem linked to the poverty, housing and insanitary habits of the Chinese working class, the book goes on to examine the ambitious medical and urban improvement initiatives of the returning British colonial government after the Second World War. It then considers the continuation and growth of these schemes in the post-colonial period and explores the most recent developments which include combating the resurgence of TB and the rise of antimicrobial resistance.

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Authors & Contributors
Pande, Ishita
Chang, Jiat-Hwee
Joanna W. C. Lee
Marcia Chatelain
Venkat, Bharat Jayram
Thomas, Pradip
Concepts
Great Britain, colonies
Colonialism
Medicine and race
Public health
Tuberculosis
Medicine and society
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
21st century
20th century, early
18th century
Enlightenment
Places
Singapore
India
Malaya
Hong Kong
Ghana
United States
Institutions
East India Company (English)
United States. Office of Indian Affairs
World Health Organization (WHO)
Henry Phipps Institute, Philadelphia
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