Scientific research and Portuguese colonial policy: developments and articulations, 1936-1974.

The emergence of tropical medicine in Portugal: the School of Tropical Medicine and the Colonial Hospital of Lisbon (1902-1935).

The School of Tropical Medicine was founded in 1902 along with the Colonial Hospital of Lisbon. The Portuguese government recognized the importance of colonising the tropics and therefore supported the creation of a specific locus of medical training that would prove to be crucial to the clinical and experimental study of tropical diseases. This paper examines the importance of such institution...

The Developmental Legacies of the Bifurcated Colonial State: Statistical Evidence from Sixty- Seven British, French, and Portuguese Colonies

This paper examines the impact of bifurcated colonial institutions—i.e. the use of distinctive legal codes for “native” vs. “settler” populations—for long-term development in 67 former British, French, and Portuguese colonies. Building on theoretical arguments by Mahmood Mamdani (1996) and Matthew Lange’s empirical research on the distinctive developmental legacies of direct vs. indirect Britis...

Rejecting, revitalizing, and reclaiming: First Nations work to set the direction of research and policy development.

BACKGROUND The history and legacy of Western, colonial research methodologies and policy frameworks continue to create and maintain dichotomies of superior/inferior, and valued/not valued between Western and First Nations cultures, peoples and knowledge. METHODS This article was written to awaken discussion on how First Nations are working to shape the direction of research and policy develop...

Collective Memories of Portuguese Colonial Action in Africa: Representations of the Colonial Past among Mozambicans and Portuguese Youths

Healthcare Policy Administration and Reforms in Post-Colonial Kenya and Challenges for the Future

The underlying vision for health developments and reforms in Kenya as detailed in the ongoing 1994 Kenya Health Policy Framework Paper is to provide “quality health care that is acceptable, affordable and accessible to all”. This paper discusses the reforms in the healthcare policy in Kenya by evaluating the health sector developments in the post-colonial era. Key issues, trends, challenges and...