Public Health in British India - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Public Health in British India write by Mark Harrison. This book was released on 1994-02-25. Public Health in British India available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. After years of neglect the last decade has witnessed a surge of interest in the medical history of India under colonial rule. This is the first major study of public health in British India. It covers many previously unresearched areas such as European attitudes towards India and its inhabitants, and the way in which these were reflected in medical literature and medical policy; the fate of public health at local level under Indian control; and the effects of quarantine on colonial trade and the pilgrimage to Mecca. The book places medicine within the context of debates about the government of India, and relations between rulers and ruled. In emphasising the active role of the indigenous population, and in its range of material, it differs significantly from most other work conducted in this subject area.
Fractured States
Fractured States - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fractured States write by Sanjoy Bhattacharya. This book was released on 2005. Fractured States available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This work provides a well rounded history of official smallpox measures and their links with the development of public health in policies and programmes in Brititsh India. It examines vaccination policy and technology from a political, economic and technical perspective as well as the cultural and religious implications of medical intervention in smallpox eradication. There is an exposition of the complex and sometimes contradictory official and civilian attitudes toward the development of smallpox control and public health measures in India.
Public Health in India
Public Health in India - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Public Health in India write by Monica Das Gupta. This book was released on 2005. Public Health in India available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Public health services, which reduce a population's exposure to disease through such measures as sanitation and vector control, are an essential part of a country's development infrastructure. In the industrial world and East Asia, systematic public health efforts raised labor productivity and life expectancies well before modern curative technologies became widely available, and helped set the stage for rapid economic growth and poverty reduction. The enormous business and other costs of the breakdown of these services are illustrated by the current global epidemic of avian flu, emanating from poor poultry-keeping practices in a few Chinese villages. For various reasons, mostly of political economy, public funds for health services in India have been focused largely on medical services, and public health services have been neglected. This is reflected in a virtual absence of modern public health regulations and of systematic planning and delivery of public health services. Various organizational issues also militate against the rational deployment of personnel and funds for disease control. There is strong capacity for dealing with outbreaks when they occur, but not to prevent them from occurring. Impressive capacity also exists for conducting intensive campaigns, but not for sustaining these gains on a continuing basis after the campaign. This is illustrated by the near eradication of malaria through highly organized efforts in the 1950s, and its resurgence when attention shifted to other priorities such as family planning. This paper reviews the fundamental obstacles to effective disease control in India and indicates new policy thrusts that can help overcome these obstacles. "-- World Bank web site.
Health and Medicine in the Indian Princely States
Health and Medicine in the Indian Princely States - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Health and Medicine in the Indian Princely States write by Waltraud Ernst. This book was released on 2017-07-14. Health and Medicine in the Indian Princely States available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Psychiatric provision at Trivandrum in the early twentieth century -- Formal classification and treatment of patients -- Institutional trends and statistics -- The Orissan states - "something rotten somewhere"--Conclusion -- Index
The Social History of Health and Medicine in Colonial India
The Social History of Health and Medicine in Colonial India - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Social History of Health and Medicine in Colonial India write by Biswamoy Pati. This book was released on 2008-11-19. The Social History of Health and Medicine in Colonial India available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book analyzes the diverse facets of the social history of health and medicine in colonial India. It explores a unique set of themes that capture the diversities of India, such as public health, medical institutions, mental illness and the politics and economics of colonialism. Based on inter-disciplinary research, the contributions offer valuable insight into topics that have recently received increased scholarly attention, including the use of opiates and the role of advertising in driving medical markets. The contributors, both established and emerging scholars in the field, incorporate sources ranging from palm leaf manuscripts to archival materials. This book will be of interest to scholars of history, especially the history of medicine and the history of colonialism and imperialism, sociology, social anthropology, cultural theory, and South Asian Studies, as well as to health workers and NGOs.
