Sexually transmitted infections, their treatment and urban change in colonial Leopoldville, 1910–1960

• Autores: João Dinis Sousa, Philip J Havik, Anne-Mieke Vandamme
• Ano de Publicação: 2021
• Journal: Medical History, 65(2), pp 178 - 196
• Link: https://doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2021.11

ABSTRACT During the colonial period sexually transmitted infections (STIs) came to be recognised as a major public health problem in African cities. Thus, STI control and urban modernisation became deeply entangled as authorities redrew spatial and social boundaries to manage populations and their cross-cultural interaction. Public health measures, urban planning and policing were part of […]
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