Health in Grenada: a social and historical account
London; Vade-Mecum; 1985. xi,415 p. ill.
Monography
in English
| HISA - History of Health
| ID: his-11214
Responsible library:
GD3
Localization: JM23.1; F2056.C59 / GD3; 15.04..01*Cl
ABSTRACT
It traces the history of health services and facilities from the seventeenth century to the present. It states that the conquest of epidemic and endemic infectious diseases that ravaged the country, held down population growth and hampered agricultural development and trade, has been a relatively recent accomplishment. Details of the fight by the medical authorities in the eighteenth century against such diseases as dysentery, malaria, and yellow fever; and yaws, tuberculosis and cholera in the nineteenth and early twentieth century are given. Other aspects of public health are also examined. It presents information on the development of the district medical services; development of a network of visiting stations and improved sanitation services. It concludes with details of the government's commitment to health for all by the year 2000 and the programs and strategies that will be established to accomplish this
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Collection:
Tematic databases
Health context:
SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
/
Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Target 3.9: Reduce the amount of deaths produced by dangerous chemicals and the pollution of the air, water and soil
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Cholera
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Malaria
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Tuberculosis
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Yaws
Database:
HISA - History of Health
Main subject:
Health Policy, Planning and Management
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Public Health
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Health Facilities
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Health Services
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History of Medicine
Aspects:
Social determinants of health
Country/Region as subject:
Caribbean
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English Caribbean
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Grenada
Language:
English
Year:
1985
Document type:
Monography
