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100 1 $aStepan, Nancy.
245 10 $aEradication :$bridding the world of diseases forever? /$cNancy Leys Stepan.
260 $aIthaca, NY :$bCornell University Press,$cc2011.
300 $a309 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 296-299) and index.
505 0 $aEradication and public health -- Imperial origins -- Paradoxes: the Rockefeller Era -- Post-war: a capacity for fanaticism -- The end of malaria in the world? -- The last inch: smallpox eradication -- Controversies: eradication today.
520 $aHow shall we improve human health? One answer is: by eradication. The Gates Foundation announced in 2007 that their goal is malaria eradication; another of their priorities is polio eradication. Eradication means the complete elimination of a disease through deliberate human intervention. It stands for an absolute in public health. This book by the award-winning historian of medicine Nancy Leys Stepan is an accessible, beautifully written, and deeply researched examination of one of the most controversial issues in public health today. The eradication of disease might seem like an absolute good. But critics of eradication argue that the huge resources needed to achieve eradication could be better allocated toward developing primary health services and general improvement in health. This book aims to look at the benefits and drawbacks of single-minded efforts to rid the world of particular diseases, one at a time. The sweep of the book is impressive, from the origins of the idea of complete eradication in the early twentieth century until the present-day campaigns against polio, Guinea worm disease, and now malaria. The author places eradication's story in its many contexts, from imperialism, changing notions of public health, the history of medicine and its technologies, the development of international health agencies such as the World Health Organization, and the impact of the Cold War on the shift of attention to disease in developing countries. -- Jacket.
600 10 $aSoper, Fred Lowe,$d1893-1977.
650 0 $aCommunicable diseases$xPrevention$xHistory.
650 0 $aEpidemics$xPrevention$xHistory.
650 0 $aMedicine, Preventive$xHistory.
650 0 $aHealth promotion$xHistory.
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