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Category: Drivers of health

The industrial revolution and the origins of modern sanitation
September 10, 2023 September 14, 2023

The industrial revolution and the origins of modern sanitation

The industrial revolution was necessary to trigger investments in sanitary infrastructures, but not sufficient: better medicine and politics were essential.

Daniel Gallardo Albarrán - September 10, 2023
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Local Health Departments and the Puerto Rican Health Miracle
June 25, 2023 September 14, 2023

Local Health Departments and the Puerto Rican Health Miracle

Local health departments played an important role in reducing mortality during the early days of Puerto Rico’s little-known health miracle.

Brian Marein - June 25, 2023
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Research note: Sleeping sickness in colonial East and Central Africa
June 4, 2023 September 14, 2023

Research note: Sleeping sickness in colonial East and Central Africa

This post summarizes the research by Headrick (2014) on responses to sleeping sickness epidemics in colonial Africa.

Romy van de Pol - June 4, 2023
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Research note: Mental health in Germany ca. 1900
May 14, 2023 September 14, 2023

Research note: Mental health in Germany ca. 1900

This post focuses on the development of mental health care in Germany around the turn of the 19th century.

Arwen Schepers & Daniel Gallardo Albarrán - May 14, 2023
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Research note: Colonial approaches to sleeping sickness
April 24, 2023 September 14, 2023

Research note: Colonial approaches to sleeping sickness

This post focuses on how British and French colonial governments reacted to sleeping sickness epidemics and what motivated their approach.

Romy van de Pol - April 24, 2023
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Do We Learn from Natural Disasters? The 1877-1879 Drought and Famine in Northeast Brazil
April 2, 2023 September 14, 2023

Do We Learn from Natural Disasters? The 1877-1879 Drought and Famine in Northeast Brazil

This piece shares recent research on the causes of the 1877-1879 famine in Brazil, narrowing on food prices and mortality.

Klaus Fonseca Hoeltgebaum - April 2, 2023
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Research note: the rise of public health
March 12, 2023 September 14, 2023

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.

Arwen Schepers & Daniel Gallardo Albarrán - March 12, 2023
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Smallpox vaccination in 19th-century Finland: lessons from a vaccine mandate
February 19, 2023 September 14, 2023

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.

Susanna Ukonaho - February 19, 2023
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Medical progress and health inequality: penicillin in Italy
January 9, 2023 September 14, 2023

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.

Grant Miller & Jurre Jochemsen - January 9, 2023
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Tea Drinking Curbed Mortality Rates in England
December 11, 2022 September 14, 2023

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.

Francisca M. Antman - December 11, 2022
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