The “Contaminating Agent” UNRRA, Displaced Persons, and Venereal Disease in Germany, 1945–1947
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11021909 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lisa Haushofer (Lisa Haushofer is with the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London, London, England, and the Department of Dermatology, -Helios Klinikum Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 100 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 993-1003 |
| Publication date | 2010-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.2008.153098 |
| PMID | 20395591 |
| PMCID | PMC2866594 |
| OpenAlex | W2008532953 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
World War II created a large group of persecuted, homeless or stateless people who came to be united under the term “displaced persons” (DPs). The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) was charged with the care of these individuals in various camps in Germany, although the military governments of the respective zones of occupation had ultimate authority over them. Among the various public health efforts directed toward DPs was a campaign against venereal disease during which compulsory examinations were particularly stressed by the military governments. The controversy resulting from this campaign opens a new window on the complex context of an international organization working under the roof of a national authority to achieve common—or differing—public health goals
Context (archaeology) · Displaced person · Economic growth · Environmental health · Geography · Political science · Public health · Refugee · State (computer science) · Stateless protocol · Window of opportunity · World War II · Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2021 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |