Altink, Henrice orcid.org/0000-0001-9123-0722 (2018) A Black Scourge?:Race and the Rockefeller’s Tuberculosis Commission in Interwar Jamaica. História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos. pp. 1071-1088. ISSN 0104-5970
Abstract
From 1927 till 1942, the Rockefeller Foundation ran a tuberculosis commission in Jamaica that carried out research into the epidemiology of the disease, examined the efficacy of a vaccine with heat-killed tubercle bacilli, and offered basic treatment to tuberculosis sufferers. Drawing amongst others upon the diaries and scientific writings by staff employed by the commission, this article explores the role that race played in the tuberculosis commission. It assesses how race shaped the research carried out by the commission, how it informed staff interactions and staff-patient relations, and the clash and/or confluence of ‘imported’ and local racial ideas in the commission’s work.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Tuberculosis ,race,caribbean,Global Health,Rockefeller Foundation |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > History (York) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number THE BRITISH ACADEMY UNSPECIFIED AHRC UNSPECIFIED |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 02 Jan 2018 10:10 |
Last Modified: | 13 Mar 2025 05:23 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1590/s0104-59702017000500012 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1590/s0104-59702017000500012 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:121478 |