%0 Journal Article
%T 'Basta aplicar uma inje£¿£¿o?': concep£¿£¿es de sa¨²de, higiene e nutri£¿£¿o no Programa de Erradica£¿£¿o da Bouba no Brasil, 1956-1961
%A Muniz
%A ¨¦rico Silva
%J Hist¨®ria, Ci¨ºncias, Sa¨²de-Manguinhos
%D 2012
%I Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz
%R 10.1590/S0104-59702012000100011
%X the article analyzes the program to eradicate yaws, enforced in brazil from 1956 through 1961. following world war ii, when antibiotics first came into use, it seemed there might be a method for eradicating treponematosis in a short time: a single-dose injection of penicillin. at a moment when priority was being placed on fighting rural endemic disease in brazil, it became possible to organize a campaign against yaws. the article explores the initiatives undertaken by the national department of rural endemic diseases that revealed a malnourished, starving population, and called into question the very intentions behind the campaign and the day's concepts of health and development.
%K yaws
%K eradication
%K rural endemic diseases
%K malnutrition
%K brazil.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0104-59702012000100011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en