The birth of a Ministry of Public Health in Colombia, 1946-1953

Cold War, invisible government and asymmetrical interdependence

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ID3069443
AuthorsMaria Tellez (0000-0003-3148-6827, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana), Emilio Quevedo (0000-0002-8815-9125, Universidad del Rosario)
Year2022
Volume29
Issue2
Pages461-480
Publication date2022-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistória Ciências Saúde-Manguinhos (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0104-5970 • E-ISSN: 1678-4758
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0104-59702022000200009
PMID35674622
OpenAlexW4281734242
SCIELO_PIDS0104-59702022000200461
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited11

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

Christian ministry · Cold war · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics) · Latin Americans · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Public health · History and Politics in Latin America · History of Medicine and Tropical Health · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Public Administration · Public Health and Social Inequalities

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