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A Documentary History of Public Health in Hong Kong (Hardcover)
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A Documentary History of Public Health in Hong Kong (Hardcover)
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The publication of this book marks the fifteenth anniversary of the
outbreak of SARS epidemic in Hong Kong in 2003. This documentary
study, originating as a research project a year after the epidemic,
is a comprehensive attempt to examine the development of public
health in Hong Kong from 1841 to the early 1990s. It covers the
periods of prewar colonial rule, Japanese occupation, postwar
reconstruction and growth, and the beginning of decolonisation. It
analyses political, social, economic, and cultural factors,
including the intersection of colonial priorities and indigenous
agency and practices that affected disease outbreaks and
development, government and local responses, advances in technology
related to health and medicine, as well as the emergence of health
agencies and institutions. The historical documents, selected from
government archives, personal papers, and special collections, are
invaluable source materials for the critical evaluation of such
developments. The book provides a much needed and indispensable
historical perspective to understanding Hong Kong's struggle to
combat prevalent and emerging diseases such as malaria,
tuberculosis, avian influenza, and SARS.
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