Tropical medicine and hygiene in Tanganyika Territory. Nineteen years in the Colonial Medical Service.

"Practising hygiene and fighting the natives' diseases". Public and child health in German East Africa and Tanganyika territory, 1900-1960.

For reasons of population policy and missionary strategies, childcare was a relatively early issue of colonial medical policy and services in East Africa. The main challenge for the adaptation of biomedicine to the local situation proved to be not so much schemes for treatment or prevention, but rather the question of staffing. Education and employment of females, as well as social acceptance a...

Malaria in the Pare area of Tanganyika. Part II. Effects of three years' spraying of huts with dieldrin.

The Colonial Medical Service

A meeting was held under tlie presidency of Sir Joseph Fayrer, Bart., K.C.S.I., in the Bast Conference Hall of the Imperial Institute, on Wednesday, March 2nd, 1898, and Mr. James Cantlie gave an address on the Organisation of the Colonial Medical Department. The scheme which was proposed for consideration was based upon that contained in a paper on the organisation of the Colonial Medical Serv...

National Health Service Principles as Experienced by Vulnerable London Migrants in “Austerity Britain”: A Qualitative Study of Rights, Entitlements, and Civil-Society Advocacy

Background Recent British National Health Service (NHS) reforms, in response to austerity and alleged ‘health tourism,’ could impose additional barriers to healthcare access for non-European Economic Area (EEA) migrants. This study explores policy reform challenges and implications, using excerpts from the perspectives of non-EEA migrants and health advocates in London.   Methods A qualitative ...

Planning and Developing Services for Diabetic Retinopathy in Sub-Saharan Africa

Background Over the past few decades diabetes has emerged as an important non-communicable disease in SubSaharan Africa (SSA). Sight loss from Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) can be prevented with screening and early treatment. The objective of this paper is to outline the required actions and considerations in the planning and development of DR screening services.   Methods A multiple-case study app...