Philanthropic foundations and the globalization of scientific medicine and public health : proceedings of a conference jointly sponsored by Quinnipiac University and the Rockefeller Archive Center with additional support from the Dreyfus Health Foundation / edited by Benjamin B. Page and David A. Valone.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Page, Benjamin B.

Valone, David A.

Quinnipiac University.

Rockefeller Archive Center

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rockefeller Foundation.

Global Health.

Medical policy.

Public health.

Fund Raising--history.

Health Policy--history.

History, 20th Century.

International Cooperation--history.

Public Health Administration--history.

Public health--20th century--Congresses.

Public health--21st century--Congresses.

Medical policy--20th century--Congresses.

Medical policy--21st century--Congresses.

World health--Congresses.

World health.

Medical Subjects:

Global Health.

Fund Raising--history.

Health Policy--history.

History, 20th Century.

International Cooperation--history.

Public Health Administration--history.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xviii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2007]

Summary:

This work resulted from a conference held in 2003 that was jointly sponsored by the Rockefeller Archive Center and Quinnipiac University. Drawing upon perspectives from history, philosophy, and the social sciences, as well as public health and medicine, the authors in this volume examine and critique the role of foundations, most prominently the Rockefeller Foundation, in promoting and expanding the development of Western medicine around the world during the twentieth century. The first half of the book examines the historical involvement of philanthropic foundations in public heath, basic medical research, and related social and political issues. These studies range from an examination of the Rockefeller Foundation's anti-malaria campaigns to the involvement of foundations in promoting eugenic ideology and population control. The second half of the book considers current situations in which philanthropic foundations are active in promoting public health and Westernized medicine, including consideration of the fight against AIDS in Africa, the resurgence of tuberculosis as a major public health threat, and the ongoing war against malaria. Finally, the book concludes with thoughts on the future of health, disease, and public health by Peter C. Goldmark, Jr., a former president of the Rockefeller Foundation. By considering issues of public health and health policy from a wide range of perspectives, this book seeks to contribute both to our understanding of the past successes and failures of growing dominance of Westernized medicine over global health, and to consider present and future possibilities for improving the delivery of health services to the population of the world.

Contents:

Evaluation and accountability : with a case study of the early Rockefeller Foundation / Benjamin B. Page

The Rockefeller Foundation's 1925 Malaria film : a case study in early public health filmmaking / Marianne Fedunkiw

Foundations, eugenic sterilization, and the emergence of the world population control movement / David A. Valone

Selskar Gunn and Paul Russell of the Rockefeller Foundation : a contrast in styles / Socrates Listios

Globalizing primary care : Rockefeller philanthropy and the development of community-based approach to public health in Sri Lanka

what can we learn? / Soma Hewa

Of mice, vaccines and men : the yellow fever research program of the Rockefeller Foundation in Colombia, 1932-1948 / Paola Mejía

"Working through government" and "working in close co-operation with government" : a perspective on the Rockefeller Public Health Program in colonial India / Shirish N. Kavadi

Community based primary health care empowerment and equity / Carl E. Taylor and Henry G. Taylor

The need for diversity in models of medicine / James Sensenig

Agenda-setting diseases / Ronald T. Rozett

Systems reform

seeking the Holy Grail / Thomas Rathwell

Faith-based organizations field perspetives on sustainable healthcare / Chinyelu K. Lee and Dorothy Brewster-Lee

Malaria and international health organizations / Socrates Litsios

Obligations and accountability in international public health : state and non-state actors / Stephen R. Latham

Racing against the global industrial hangover

thoughts on surviving the morning after / Peter C. Goldmark, Jr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780761838197

0761838198

OCLC:

144612811