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- Title
Public health then and now. Uruguay on the world stage: how child health became an international priority.
- Authors
Birn A
- Abstract
The evolution of international health has typically been assessed from the standpoint of central institutions (international health organizations, foundations, and development agencies) or of one-way diffusion and influence from developed to developing countries.To deepen understanding of how the international health agenda is shaped, I examined the little-known case of Uruguay and its pioneering role in advancing and institutionalizing child health as an international priority between 1890 and 1950.The emergence of Uruguay as a node of international health may be explained through the country's early gauging of its public health progress, its borrowing and adaptation of methods developed overseas, and its broadcasting of its own innovations and shortcomings.
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2005, Vol 95, Issue 9, p1506
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2004.038778