HIST 249 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Neoliberalism, Hookworm Infection, Yellow Fever
~~ The History of Global Health
• Reading:
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On-line articles:
o Theodore M Brown et al., ‘The World Health Organization and the Transition from
“International” to ‘Global’ Public Health’ - 62–72
o Allan M Brandt, ‘How AIDS Invented Global Health’- 2149– 52
• About the history of global health
• What is global health?
o Improving the health conditions in poor countries (Africa)
o Health of populations in a global context
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Why does "Global Health Explode in the 1900's and 2000's?
o Rise in funding for global health
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General view among historians
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Vertical programs:
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To control or eradicate specific diseases
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Depend on Medical Technology
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Considered bad (how most historians think about this)
2.
Horizontal programs:
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To develop health care systems
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Deal with social and environmental conditions causing disease
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Technology is not enough
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Considered good (how most historians think about this)
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What existed before global health?
▪ International cooperation emerges very early
▪ Epidemics
▪ Government got together to develop programs to stop the spread of diseases
(plague, cholera)
▪ Led to Office International Hygiene Publique 1907 (Paris) --> Courantyne
▪ Pan American Health Organization 1902
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Second development
: Before Global Health 2 - Mortality Statistics: International
Classification of Disease 1900
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Third development :
colonial/tropical medicine
• WWI & WWII - International Health-Interwar years
A. League of nations health committee and health section 1
• Prevent epidemics
• Small organization
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