"An international problem of serious proportions" : a cooperação entre a Fundação Rockefeller e o governo do estado do Rio Grande do Sul no combate à ancilostomíase e seus desdobramentos (1919-1929)

Abstract

In "An international problem of serious proportions": The cooperation between the Rockefeller Foundation and the Government of the State of Rio Grande do Sul to fight ancylostomiasis and its consequences (1919-1929)", our proposal is to analyze the cooperation between the International Health Board of the Rockefeller Foundation and the government of the state of Rio Grande do Sul to fight a rural endemic disease, ancylostomiasis, in the 1920s, and the developments and consequences of this cooperation on public health in the state, both as regards the fight against ancylostomiasis and the organization of health in the state, taking aspects of the international, national and local context into account. Based on the discussion in the literature concerning the topic and the analysis of the documents produced, especially by the Rockefeller Foundation (reports, letters and publications), and by the government of the state of Rio Grande do Sul (Reports of the Department of the State for Internal and Foreign Affairs), we shall focus on activities to fight the disease performed in Rio Grande do Sul municipalities as a result of the cooperation between the Foundation and the state government, guided by the North American institution and performed through the state Directorate of Hygiene between 1920 and 1923.