The art of medicine: Carlos Chagas: science, health, and national debate in Brazil

According to the physicians who agreed with Pereira, this dream had run into a mighty roadblock: the bulk of the country's population lived in rural areas of the vast Brazilian territory, where they had no access whatsoever to health care or to any other public service. According to the Republi...

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Published inThe Lancet (British edition) Vol. 377; no. 9779; p. 1740
Main Author Kropf, Simone Petraglia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Elsevier Limited 21.05.2011
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Carlos Chagas
Disease
Health promotion
Health services
Hospitals
Medicine
Public health
Rural areas
Tropical diseases
Vector-borne diseases
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Summary:According to the physicians who agreed with Pereira, this dream had run into a mighty roadblock: the bulk of the country's population lived in rural areas of the vast Brazilian territory, where they had no access whatsoever to health care or to any other public service. According to the Republic's first Constitution, dated 1891, health initiatives fell to states ruled by local oligarchies, while the federal government was only responsible for public health matters in the federal capital and at ports.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60721-6