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Research note: the rise of public health
This post focuses on scientific and social factors to explain the rise of public health as a state priority during the 19th century.
Smallpox vaccination in 19th-century Finland: lessons from a vaccine mandate
In historical Finland, the vaccination law succeeded in improving smallpox vaccine uptake despite high hesitancy among the public.
Long run differences in mortality rates between Indigenous and white Australians 1788-2000
The persistent lower-life expectancy of Indigenous Australians reflects contemporary social failures and the impact of a violent colonial past.
Medical progress and health inequality: penicillin in Italy
This post argues that the introduction of penicillin in post-war Italy led to lower levels of regional health inequality.
Tea Drinking Curbed Mortality Rates in England
The introduction of tea in 18th century England resulted in an increase in consumption of boiled water, thereby reducing mortality rates.
Socioeconomic Health Inequalities are a Matter of Human Rights
Human rights are an authoritative moral and legal framework that can be used by governments to reduce socioeconomic health inequalities
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Modern states deeply care about public #health.
However, this was not always the case: when did it change and why?
@DanielGalAlb and Arwen Scheppers (student at @WageningenUR) discuss the role of #science and social movements.
#history #healthequity
https://lrhmatters.com/drivers-of-health/research-note-the-rise-of-public-health
The 1918 #influenza #pandemic was one of the deadliest events in history, killing an estimated 50 million people.
But how did it affect #Germany, a country that was already devastated by World War I? 🤔
Richard Franke (@unibt ) answers this 👇 (1/4)
https://lrhmatters.com/drivers-of-health/poverty-pollution-mortality-during-the-1918-influenza-in-germany
ICYMI: our latest #newsletter is out!
Check it out to learn about #health and #colonialism, medical #progress and #inequality or the impact of #vaccination mandates.
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#economics #demography #history
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How did two epidemics shape global health governance in the 1920s?
Learn how the predecessor of the @WHO was born out of crisis from a post by @HeidiTworek (@UBC).
#interwarhealth #epidemichistory
https://lrhmatters.com/drivers-of-health/living-in-an-interwar-world-communicable-disease-and-epidemic-information
