Cold war, deadly fevers: malaria eradication in Mexico, 1955-1975
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Beteilige Person: Cueto, Marcos (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. Woodrow Wilson Center Press c2007
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-251) and index
Figures and tables -- - Preface and acknowledgments -- - A note on sources -- - 1 - Introduction : The burden of an infection -- - The origins and development of malaria control efforts -- - Organizing principles for this volume -- - Plan of the book -- - 2 - Global designs -- - Foreign aid and the Cold War -- - International health cooperation -- - The encounter of international health and politics -- - Concluding thoughts -- - 3 - National decisions -- - Mexican politics and medicine -- - Mexican malaria control -- - Organizing malaria eradication -- - The Mexicanization of the campaign -- - 4 - Local responses -- - Intercultural challenges -- - Anthropological critique -- - A provincial doctor rebels -- - Indigenous resistance -- - A campaign in decline -- - 5 - Conclusions : The return of malaria and the culture of survival -- - Mexico's recent experience with malaria -- - The lessons of malaria eradication : patterns of vertical health program -- - Notes -- - Bibliography -- - Index
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 264 p.)
ISBN:1435692748
9781435692749