Colonialism, cross-border movements, and epidemiology

摘要: This dissertation addresses one of the reasons for lack confidence in public health Southern Africa. It examines impact intrusive colonial measures and attempts to suppress indigenous healing practices Manica region. The asks whether invasive interventions had unintended consequences, such as continued existence traditional medicine reluctance accept biomedical arguments on epidemiology infectious communicable diseases. While these were constant pervasive, they not always effective, partly due border that colonialism created. region is fundamentally affected by crossborder movements, which only spread infections, but altered disease ecologies, complicating control efforts. Colonial efforts monitor movements led disruption life caused much hardship villagers townsfolk. Reflecting dynamism African societies, this argues while Africans tended dislike discriminatory preventative policies, willing experiment with new ideas, particularly treatment services. They discouraged, however, failure governments provide adequate treatment-based services Africans, proving provision was driven European settler fears infection economic imperatives rather than concern Africans. However, most stemmed from misunderstandings epidemiology, often grossly exaggerated racist. Regardless theories accurate or not, still