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A Rockefeller Foundation Health Primer for US-Occupied Nicaragua, 1914--1928 (2008)

Palmer, Steven Paul (Author)
Peña Torres, Ligia María (Author)

Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadienne d'Histoire de la Medecine
Volume: 25
Pages: 43--69
Publication date: 2008
Language: English

Publication Date: 2008
Edition Details: Part of a special issue: Communication, Control, and Co-operation: (Latin) American Interchanges in the History of International Health

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Parasitic diseases Public health International cooperation 20th century, early United States Nicaragua Rockefeller Foundation

The article presents views from above and below of the Rockefeller Foundation's International Health Commission's (IHC's) hookworm control program in Nicaragua from 1914 to 1928. It looks at the meaning, impact, and unique configuration of the Nicaraguan mission, while taking into account the larger global institutional project of this important international health actor. Although the IHC program in Nicaragua complemented some of the social policy goals of the US intervention in Nicaragua, which was a de facto protectorate during this period, the institution cannot be considered a direct expression or agent of US foreign policy. Ultimately the shape and limits of the IHC mission to Nicaragua were determined by the institutional project of the international public health agency itself, and by local considerations ranging from the characteristics of the staff to the response of rural communities to the anti-hookworm campaigns.

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Article Birn, Anne-Emanuelle; Hochman, Gilberto (2008) Guest Editors' Introduction: Communication, Control, and Co-operation: (Latin) American Interchanges in the History of International Health. Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadienne d'Histoire de la Medecine (p. 7). unapi

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