Entre bienfaisance, controle des populations et agenda international: la politique sanitaire du mandat francais en Syrie et au Liban

In the Levant, mandates were not established in an empty space but inherited an already mature and complex health situation that they had to take into account. The health policy of the French mandate in Lebanon and Syria clearly stood at the crossroads of a medicine based on beneficence, which relie...

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Veröffentlicht in:Canadian Bulletin of Medical History 2013-12, Vol.30 (2), p.91
1. Verfasser: Chiffoleau, Sylvia
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In the Levant, mandates were not established in an empty space but inherited an already mature and complex health situation that they had to take into account. The health policy of the French mandate in Lebanon and Syria clearly stood at the crossroads of a medicine based on beneficence, which relied on a dense network of private and community healthcare institutions, and of a security-oriented medicine based on building defenses against epidemics and continuing a history of international public health in the region. Fighting against outbreaks of malaria or cholera, and securing a sanitary land route for the pilgrimage to Mecca were the major areas of this health policy, which was marked by a shortage of financial, rather than human, resources, and was unable to develop a large scale social and sanitary project.
ISSN:0823-2105
2371-0179