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Tuesday, 30th October 2012
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12.45 pm - 2.00 pm ALL ARE WELCOME
Funded by the Wellcome Trust
Venue: LG8, Keppel Street Building
12.45 pm - 2.00 pm ALL ARE WELCOME
Funded by the Wellcome Trust
'Two Strategies for Tuberculosis Control in India 1947-65'
Niels Brimnes (Aarhus University)
This paper discusses the two strategies employed in independent India to control TB: Mass BCG-vaccination and domiciliary chemotherapy. While there was a sense of optimism regarding the potential of these strategies among officials, the reality was much more complex and many hopes dashed. In the paper I will:
- outline how these two strategies were applied and developed in
the Indian context
- discuss the limitations to the capacity of the post-colonial
state to successfully implement these TB-control strategies
- illuminate, as far as I can, the process of decision-making in relation to TB-control in independent India
It is my hope that this historical case will lead to a discussion of why specific public health programmes are adopted in certain social and political contexts.
Niels Brimnes (Aarhus University)
This paper discusses the two strategies employed in independent India to control TB: Mass BCG-vaccination and domiciliary chemotherapy. While there was a sense of optimism regarding the potential of these strategies among officials, the reality was much more complex and many hopes dashed. In the paper I will:
- outline how these two strategies were applied and developed in
the Indian context
- discuss the limitations to the capacity of the post-colonial
state to successfully implement these TB-control strategies
- illuminate, as far as I can, the process of decision-making in relation to TB-control in independent India
It is my hope that this historical case will lead to a discussion of why specific public health programmes are adopted in certain social and political contexts.
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