Cold War, Deadly Fevers: Malaria Eradication in Mexico, 1955–1975 (Woodrow Wilson Center Press) - Softcover

Cueto, Marcos

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1421415569 ISBN 13: 9781421415567

Verlag: Woodrow Wilson Center Press / Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014

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"Without doubt, Cold War, Deadly Fevers is an important contribution to the expanding field of international health history."

(Diego Armus Isis)

"This history of malaria eradication in Mexico reveals that there is no magic bullet. Rather, there is a need for 'holistic, persistent, flexible approaches' to fashion popular support for prevention programs and an integrated public health perspective 'that entails overcoming the culture of survival.' This thoroughly researched and clearly written book shines a light in the gloom."

(Doody's Review Service)

"This is a valuable book for all public health professionals. Highly recommended."

(Choice)

"A well-crafted and complex study that offers important lessons on the history of international health and foreign aid. One of the greatest strengths of this impressive work, however, is Cueto's insight into the motivations and attitudes of the people who created the program, those who implemented it, and those who were deemed its beneficiaries."

(Jonathan D. Ablard Hispanic American Historical Review)

"Dr. Cueto's superbly well-informed exploration of malaria not only as a disease but as a social economic, and human problem makes his book required reading."

(Filiberto Malagón Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine)

"Raises questions highly relevant to today's international health campaigns to eradicate malaria, AIDS, and tuberculosis... Well researched, conceptualized and executed. The work is a welcome and significant contribution to the field of the history of public health as well as a critical guide for public health practitioners who seek more beneficial global health paradigms."

(Alexandra Puerto Contra Corriente)

"Should be compulsory reading for public health officials."

(Thomes P. Weber British Journal for the History ofScience)

"This new work is a model of its kind."

(Christopher Abel Journal of Latin American Studies)

"Cueto's book is significant in that it pushes scholars in several disciplines to acknowledge the power that health and disease have in reformulating our understanding of threats during the Cold War, and, notably, in our times."

(Gabriela Soto Laveaga Review of Policy Research)

"As one might expect from a scholar of the standing of Marcos Cueto, this book is a richly documented work, presenting a solid argument and well-constructed ideas. It explores an interesting though neglected and at times misunderstood period in Mexican history, that of the Cold War."

(Natalia Priego Bulletin of Latin American Research)

Reseña del editor:

In the mid-1950s, with planning and funding from the United States, Mexico embarked on an ambitious campaign to eradicate malaria, which was widespread and persistent. This new history explores the politics of that campaign.

Marcos Cueto describes the international basis of the program, its national organization in Mexico, its local implementation by health practitioners and workers, and its reception among the population. Drawing on archives in the United States, Mexico, and Switzerland, he highlights the militant Cold War rhetoric of the founders and analyzes the mixed motives of participants at all levels. Following the story through the dwindling campaign in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Cueto raises questions relevant to today’s international health campaigns against malaria, AIDS, and tuberculosis.

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• Verlag: Woodrow Wilson Center Press / Johns Hopkins University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1421415569
• ISBN 13: 9781421415567
• Einband: Paperback
• Anzahl der Seiten: 282