INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC HEALTH IN CUBA IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Authors

  • Enrique Beldarraín Chaple Universidad Médica de La Habana Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15517/dre.v15i1.8373

Keywords:

Public health, social, Caribbean, diseases, infectious diseases, health policy.

Abstract

This essay studies institutional development and the main facts of public health in Cuba in the beginning of the 20th century. It emphasizes some of those facts such as the general and environmental sanitation campaign that began in 1899 in an attempt to improve the population’s health with positive results. Another important fact is the development of the Cuban health care led by Dr. Carlos J. Finlay and the Escuela Cubana de Sanitaristas. In 1909 the Secretaría de Sanidad y Beneficiencia was created and multiples goals were achieved such as the eradication of yellow fever (1908), bubonic plague (1915), and smallpox (1923). In 1927 the Instituto Finlay was created. Patriotism was presented in this struggle to improve health in Cuba.

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Author Biography

  • Enrique Beldarraín Chaple, Universidad Médica de La Habana

    Médico Especialista Primero y Segundo Grado en Epidemiología. Doctor en Ciencias de la Salud. Profesor Titular de la Universidad Médica de La Habana. Investigador Titular de Historia de la Medicina, Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias Médicas, La Habana, Cuba.

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Published

2014-02-07

How to Cite

INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC HEALTH IN CUBA IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. (2014). Diálogos. Revista Electrónica De Historia, 15(1), 175-191. https://doi.org/10.15517/dre.v15i1.8373

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