River Blindness Revisited

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4490160
AutoresJohn M Hunter (University Distinguished Professor and a professor emeritus of geography at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824–1117., autor correspondente)
Ano2010
Volume100
Fascículo4
Páginas559-582
Data de publicação2010-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGeographical Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1931-0846.2010.00058.x
OpenAlexW2005437689
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas15

My hypothesis on onchocerciasis, or river blindness, appeared in the Geographical Review of 1966. It led to an invitation from the World Health Organization in 1972 to revisit the problem area for two months to provide information to assist in the planning of a twenty‐year program of intervention. This article presents unpublished maps selected from my 1972 report. The issues discussed have relevance today regarding international health projects, air‐mass climatology, and human geography

Blindness · Environmental planning · Geography · Intervention (counseling · Onchocerciasis · Political science · Psychiatry · Regional science · Relevance (law · Law · Medicine · Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment · Psychology · Optometry