Environment and health with respect to a poverty-related disease: the epidemiology of trachoma in Spain, 1925-1941

História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos

Josep Bernabeu-mestre¹  María Eugenia Galiana-sánchez¹  Angela Cremades Monerris¹ 

关键词: trachoma;    environmental health;    Spain (1925-1941);    public health;    tracoma;    cegueira;    saúde ambiental;    Espanha (1925-1941);    saúde pública;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-597020130005000010

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Trachoma currently represents one of the three main causes of ‘avoidable' blindness and reaches intolerable dimensions in many developing countries. It was endemic in many regions of eastern Spain until well into the twentieth century. The aim of this paper is to analyze the epidemiological development of this disease in contemporary Spain; to examine its determining factors, particularly environmental and sanitary/health factors, and, finally, to study the health care, environmental and socio-economic measures that led to its control and eradication. We believe that the historical approach not only highlights the role of environmental factors in the development of trachoma, but may also aid in understanding the current epidemiology of trachoma.

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