Titre :
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Uncertain advances a review of the final phases of the smallpox eradication program in India, 1960-1980. (2004)
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Auteurs :
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BHATTACHARYA (Sanjoy) : GBR. Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College London.
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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American journal of public health (vol. 94, n° 11, 2004)
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Pagination :
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1875-1883
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Variole
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Virose
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Infection
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Eradication
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Programme santé
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Inde
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Asie
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Peau [pathologie]
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xt9GQr. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. In this article, I describe the complex nature of the final phases of the Indian smallpox eradication program. I examine the unfolding of policies at different levels of administration and the roles played by a wide range of national and international actors. A careful examination of unpublished official correspondence, on which this article is largely based, shows that the program's managers were divided and that this division determined the timing of the achievement of eradication. This material also reveals that Indian heath workers and bureaucrats were far more capable of reshaping policies in specific localities, often in response to local infrastructural and political concerns, than has been acknowledged in the historiography.
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