Cold War, Deadly Fevers

In the mid-1950s, with planning and funding from the United States, Mexico embarked on an ambitious campaign to eradicate malaria, which was widespread and persistent. This new history explores the politics of that campaign. Marcos Cueto describes the international basis of the program, its national organization in Mexico, its local implementation by health practitioners and workers, and its reception among the population. Drawing on archives in the United States, Mexico, and Switzerland, he highlights the militant Cold War rhetoric of the founders and analyzes the mixed motives of participants at all levels. Following the story through the dwindling campaign in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Cueto raises questions relevant to today's international health campaigns against malaria, AIDS, and tuberculosis.

Marcos Cueto is a professor in the department of sociomedical sciences, School of Public Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima. A historian with a Ph.D. from Columbia University, he has specialized in the history of public health in Latin America, with work on HIV/AIDS, malaria, the Pan American Health Organization, and the Rockefeller Foundation. He was a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 2004--2005.

Figures and Tables	p. ix
Preface and Acknowledgments	p. xi
A Note on Sources	p. xv
Introduction: The Burden of an Infection	p. 1
The Origins and Development of Malaria Control Efforts	p. 2
Organizing Principles for This Volume	p. 7
Plan of the Book	p. 11
Global Designs	p. 15
Foreign Aid and the Cold War	p. 17
International Health Cooperation	p. 33
The Encounter of International Health and Politics	p. 49
Concluding Thoughts	p. 67
National Decisions	p. 70
Mexican Politics and Medicine	p. 71
Mexican Malaria Control	p. 82
Organizing Malaria Eradication	p. 86
The Mexicanization of the Campaign	p. 100
Local Responses	p. 112
Intercultural Challenges	p. 112
Anthropological Critique	p. 120
A Provincial Doctor Rebels	p. 128
Indigenous Resistance	p. 136
A Campaign in Decline	p. 139
Conclusions: The Return of Malaria and the Culture of Survival	p. 159
Mexico's Recent Experience with Malaria	p. 159
The Lessons of Malaria Eradication: Patterns of Vertical Health Programs	p. 163
Notes	p. 167
Bibliography	p. 225
Index	p. 253
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