The birth of a Ministry of Public Health in Colombia, 1946-1953: Cold War, invisible government and asymmetrical interdependence
Abstract This article studies the shift from a Ministry of Hygiene in Colombia to a Ministry of Public Health, from 1946 to 1953. This was not only a new name for the ministry, but a transitional process from government policies based on European public hygiene towards institutionalizing the North A...
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| description | Abstract This article studies the shift from a Ministry of Hygiene in Colombia to a Ministry of Public Health, from 1946 to 1953. This was not only a new name for the ministry, but a transitional process from government policies based on European public hygiene towards institutionalizing the North American model of public health. The process involved negotiations between local government representatives and the Currie Mission, which was sent to Colombia by the Inter-American Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Inter-American Cooperative Health Service. These negotiations took place via asymmetrical relationships of interdependence, within the framework of the “invisible government” implemented by the United States in Latin America during the Cold War. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e332803518e24c0ea873af966e2c1c492022-12-22T00:32:02ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa de Oswaldo CruzHistória, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos1678-47582022-06-0129246148010.1590/s0104-59702022000200009The birth of a Ministry of Public Health in Colombia, 1946-1953: Cold War, invisible government and asymmetrical interdependenceMarlin Téllezhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3148-6827Emilio Quevedohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8815-9125Abstract This article studies the shift from a Ministry of Hygiene in Colombia to a Ministry of Public Health, from 1946 to 1953. This was not only a new name for the ministry, but a transitional process from government policies based on European public hygiene towards institutionalizing the North American model of public health. The process involved negotiations between local government representatives and the Currie Mission, which was sent to Colombia by the Inter-American Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Inter-American Cooperative Health Service. These negotiations took place via asymmetrical relationships of interdependence, within the framework of the “invisible government” implemented by the United States in Latin America during the Cold War.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-59702022000200461&lng=en&tlng=enColombiaCold Warinvisible governmentMinistry of Healthhistory |
| spellingShingle | Marlin Téllez Emilio Quevedo The birth of a Ministry of Public Health in Colombia, 1946-1953: Cold War, invisible government and asymmetrical interdependence História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos Colombia Cold War invisible government Ministry of Health history |
| title | The birth of a Ministry of Public Health in Colombia, 1946-1953: Cold War, invisible government and asymmetrical interdependence |
| title_full | The birth of a Ministry of Public Health in Colombia, 1946-1953: Cold War, invisible government and asymmetrical interdependence |
| title_fullStr | The birth of a Ministry of Public Health in Colombia, 1946-1953: Cold War, invisible government and asymmetrical interdependence |
| title_full_unstemmed | The birth of a Ministry of Public Health in Colombia, 1946-1953: Cold War, invisible government and asymmetrical interdependence |
| title_short | The birth of a Ministry of Public Health in Colombia, 1946-1953: Cold War, invisible government and asymmetrical interdependence |
| title_sort | birth of a ministry of public health in colombia 1946 1953 cold war invisible government and asymmetrical interdependence |
| topic | Colombia Cold War invisible government Ministry of Health history |
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