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Author:   Marcos Cueto
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781421415567

ISBN 10:   1421415569
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   08 September 2014
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Figures and Tables Preface and Acknowledgments A Note on Sources 1. Introduction: The Burden of an Infection The Origins and Development of Malaria Control Efforts Organizing Principles for This Volume Plan of the Book 2. Global Designs Foreign Aid and the Cold War International Health Cooperation The Encounter of International Health and Politics Concluding Thoughts 3. National Decisions Mexican Politics and Medicine Mexican Malaria Control Organizing Malaria Eradication The Mexicanization of the Campaign 4. Local Responses Intercultural Challenges Anthropological Critique A Provincial Doctor Rebels Indigenous Resistance A Campaign in Decline 5. Conclusions: The Return of Malaria and the Culture of Survival Mexico's Recent Experience with Malaria The Lessons of Malaria Eradication: Patterns of Vertical Health Programs Notes Bibliography Index

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This history of malaria eradication in Mexico reveals that there is no magic bullet. Rather, there is a need for 'holistic, persistent, flexible approaches' to fashion popular support for prevention programs and an integrated public health perspective 'that entails overcoming the culture of survival.' This thoroughly researched and clearly written book shines a light in the gloom. * Doody's Review Service * This is a valuable book for all public health professionals. Highly recommended. * Choice * A well-crafted and complex study that offers important lessons on the history of international health and foreign aid. One of the greatest strengths of this impressive work, however, is Cueto's insight into the motivations and attitudes of the people who created the program, those who implemented it, and those who were deemed its beneficiaries. -- Jonathan D. Ablard * Hispanic American Historical Review * Dr. Cueto's superbly well-informed exploration of malaria not only as a disease but as a social economic, and human problem makes his book required reading. -- Filiberto Malagon * Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine * Without doubt, Cold War, Deadly Fevers is an important contribution to the expanding field of international health history. -- Diego Armus * Isis * Raises questions highly relevant to today's international health campaigns to eradicate malaria, AIDS, and tuberculosis... Well researched, conceptualized and executed. The work is a welcome and significant contribution to the field of the history of public health as well as a critical guide for public health practitioners who seek more beneficial global health paradigms. -- Alexandra Puerto * Contra Corriente * Should be compulsory reading for public health officials. -- Thomes P. Weber * British Journal for the History ofScience * This new work is a model of its kind. -- Christopher Abel * Journal of Latin American Studies * Cueto's book is significant in that it pushes scholars in several disciplines to acknowledge the power that health and disease have in reformulating our understanding of threats during the Cold War, and, notably, in our times. -- Gabriela Soto Laveaga * Review of Policy Research * As one might expect from a scholar of the standing of Marcos Cueto, this book is a richly documented work, presenting a solid argument and well-constructed ideas. It explores an interesting though neglected and at times misunderstood period in Mexican history, that of the Cold War. -- Natalia Priego * Bulletin of Latin American Research * Cueto, a distinguished and highly respected historian of medicine and public health, frames his concise, yet detailed, history of malaria eradication programmes in Mexico within a larger argument about the overall goals of, and approaches to, public health in the developing world, both past and present. -- Julia Rodriguez * Global Public Health * More than just a case study of the successes and failures of malaria eradication in Mexico, Cold War, Deadly Fevers suggests what might be done to improve public health in developing nations. -- Michael R. Hall * Journal of Third World Studies * Anyone with an interest in international development, especially in Latin America, and a belief that history holds important lessons for building sustainable efforts in international development, should read it. Cueto excels in analyzing historical processes at multiple scales, from the global, to the national, to the local. -- Eric D. Carter * Geographical Review * A meticulously researched, succinct, and artfully crafted narrative about malaria eradication in Mexico during the Cold War. -- Heather L. McCrea * Journal of Historical Geography * An excellent case study of the mid-twentieth-century multilateral campaign in Mexico to eradicate malaria. It skillfully places the Mexican effort in the context of international political history and health policy. It is essential reading for public health professionals and anyone interested in Mexican history, the history of medicine, or U.S. foreign policy. -- Ann Zulawski * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *

Without doubt, Cold War, Deadly Fevers is an important contribution to the expanding field of international health history. -- Diego Armus * Isis * This history of malaria eradication in Mexico reveals that there is no magic bullet. Rather, there is a need for 'holistic, persistent, flexible approaches' to fashion popular support for prevention programs and an integrated public health perspective 'that entails overcoming the culture of survival.' This thoroughly researched and clearly written book shines a light in the gloom. * Doody's Review Service * This is a valuable book for all public health professionals. Highly recommended. * Choice * A well-crafted and complex study that offers important lessons on the history of international health and foreign aid. One of the greatest strengths of this impressive work, however, is Cueto's insight into the motivations and attitudes of the people who created the program, those who implemented it, and those who were deemed its beneficiaries. -- Jonathan D. Ablard * Hispanic American Historical Review * Dr. Cueto's superbly well-informed exploration of malaria not only as a disease but as a social economic, and human problem makes his book required reading. -- Filiberto Malagon * Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine * Raises questions highly relevant to today's international health campaigns to eradicate malaria, AIDS, and tuberculosis... Well researched, conceptualized and executed. The work is a welcome and significant contribution to the field of the history of public health as well as a critical guide for public health practitioners who seek more beneficial global health paradigms. -- Alexandra Puerto * Contra Corriente * Should be compulsory reading for public health officials. -- Thomes P. Weber * British Journal for the History ofScience * This new work is a model of its kind. -- Christopher Abel * Journal of Latin American Studies * Cueto's book is significant in that it pushes scholars in several disciplines to acknowledge the power that health and disease have in reformulating our understanding of threats during the Cold War, and, notably, in our times. -- Gabriela Soto Laveaga * Review of Policy Research * As one might expect from a scholar of the standing of Marcos Cueto, this book is a richly documented work, presenting a solid argument and well-constructed ideas. It explores an interesting though neglected and at times misunderstood period in Mexican history, that of the Cold War. -- Natalia Priego * Bulletin of Latin American Research * Cueto, a distinguished and highly respected historian of medicine and public health, frames his concise, yet detailed, history of malaria eradication programmes in Mexico within a larger argument about the overall goals of, and approaches to, public health in the developing world, both past and present. -- Julia Rodriguez * Global Public Health * More than just a case study of the successes and failures of malaria eradication in Mexico, Cold War, Deadly Fevers suggests what might be done to improve public health in developing nations. -- Michael R. Hall * Journal of Third World Studies * Anyone with an interest in international development, especially in Latin America, and a belief that history holds important lessons for building sustainable efforts in international development, should read it. Cueto excels in analyzing historical processes at multiple scales, from the global, to the national, to the local. -- Eric D. Carter * Geographical Review * A meticulously researched, succinct, and artfully crafted narrative about malaria eradication in Mexico during the Cold War. -- Heather L. McCrea * Journal of Historical Geography * An excellent case study of the mid-twentieth-century multilateral campaign in Mexico to eradicate malaria. It skillfully places the Mexican effort in the context of international political history and health policy. It is essential reading for public health professionals and anyone interested in Mexican history, the history of medicine, or U.S. foreign policy. -- Ann Zulawski * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *

Without doubt, Cold War, Deadly Fevers is an important contribution to the expanding field of international health history. -- Diego Armus Isis This history of malaria eradication in Mexico reveals that there is no magic bullet. Rather, there is a need for 'holistic, persistent, flexible approaches' to fashion popular support for prevention programs and an integrated public health perspective 'that entails overcoming the culture of survival.' This thoroughly researched and clearly written book shines a light in the gloom. Doody's Review Service This is a valuable book for all public health professionals. Highly recommended. Choice A well-crafted and complex study that offers important lessons on the history of international health and foreign aid. One of the greatest strengths of this impressive work, however, is Cueto's insight into the motivations and attitudes of the people who created the program, those who implemented it, and those who were deemed its beneficiaries. -- Jonathan D. Ablard Hispanic American Historical Review Dr. Cueto's superbly well-informed exploration of malaria not only as a disease but as a social economic, and human problem makes his book required reading. -- Filiberto Malagon Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine Raises questions highly relevant to today's international health campaigns to eradicate malaria, AIDS, and tuberculosis... Well researched, conceptualized and executed. The work is a welcome and significant contribution to the field of the history of public health as well as a critical guide for public health practitioners who seek more beneficial global health paradigms. -- Alexandra Puerto Contra Corriente Should be compulsory reading for public health officials. -- Thomes P. Weber British Journal for the History ofScience This new work is a model of its kind. -- Christopher Abel Journal of Latin American Studies Cueto's book is significant in that it pushes scholars in several disciplines to acknowledge the power that health and disease have in reformulating our understanding of threats during the Cold War, and, notably, in our times. -- Gabriela Soto Laveaga Review of Policy Research As one might expect from a scholar of the standing of Marcos Cueto, this book is a richly documented work, presenting a solid argument and well-constructed ideas. It explores an interesting though neglected and at times misunderstood period in Mexican history, that of the Cold War. -- Natalia Priego Bulletin of Latin American Research Cueto, a distinguished and highly respected historian of medicine and public health, frames his concise, yet detailed, history of malaria eradication programmes in Mexico within a larger argument about the overall goals of, and approaches to, public health in the developing world, both past and present. -- Julia Rodriguez Global Public Health More than just a case study of the successes and failures of malaria eradication in Mexico, Cold War, Deadly Fevers suggests what might be done to improve public health in developing nations. -- Michael R. Hall Journal of Third World Studies Anyone with an interest in international development, especially in Latin America, and a belief that history holds important lessons for building sustainable efforts in international development, should read it. Cueto excels in analyzing historical processes at multiple scales, from the global, to the national, to the local. -- Eric D. Carter Geographical Review A meticulously researched, succinct, and artfully crafted narrative about malaria eradication in Mexico during the Cold War. -- Heather L. McCrea Journal of Historical Geography An excellent case study of the mid-twentieth-century multilateral campaign in Mexico to eradicate malaria. It skillfully places the Mexican effort in the context of international political history and health policy. It is essential reading for public health professionals and anyone interested in Mexican history, the history of medicine, or U.S. foreign policy. -- Ann Zulawski Bulletin of the History of Medicine

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Marcos Cueto is a professor in the department of sociomedical sciences, School of Public Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima. A historian with a Ph.D. from Columbia University, he has specialized in the history of public health in Latin America, with work on HIV/AIDS, malaria, the Pan American Health Organization, and the Rockefeller Foundation. He was a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 2004-2005.

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