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.

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

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xviii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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  • 9780761838197
  • 0761838198