Cold War, Deadly Fevers

Marcos Cueto is a professor in the department of sociomedical sciences, School of Public Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima. A historian with a Ph.D. from Columbia University, he has specialized in the history of public health in Latin America, with work on HIV/AIDS, malaria, the Pan American Health Organization, and the Rockefeller Foundation. He was a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 2004-2005.

Figures and Tables
Preface and Acknowledgments
A Note on Sources
1. Introduction: The Burden of an Infection
The Origins and Development of Malaria Control Efforts
Organizing Principles for This Volume
Plan of the Book
2. Global Designs
Foreign Aid and the Cold War
International Health Cooperation
The Encounter of International Health and Politics
Concluding Thoughts
3. National Decisions
Mexican Politics and Medicine
Mexican Malaria Control
Organizing Malaria Eradication
The Mexicanization of the Campaign
4. Local Responses
Intercultural Challenges
Anthropological Critique
A Provincial Doctor Rebels
Indigenous Resistance
A Campaign in Decline
5. Conclusions: The Return of Malaria and the Culture of Survival
Mexico's Recent Experience with Malaria
The Lessons of Malaria Eradication: Patterns of Vertical Health Programs
Notes
Bibliography
Index