0113/2016 - Endemias rurais, saúde e desenvolvimento: Emmanuel Dias e a construção de uma rede de aliados contra a doença de Chagas Rural endemic diseases, health and development: Emmanuel Dias and the construction of a network of allies against Chagas disease
O objetivo deste artigo é analisar a atuação de Emmanuel Dias (1908-1962), pesquisador do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC) e diretor do Centro de Estudos e Profilaxia da Moléstia de Chagas (posto do IOC criado em 1943 na cidade de Bambuí, Minas Gerais), como ator decisivo no processo de reconhecimento da doença de Chagas como problema de saúde pública no Brasil e no continente americano. Busca-se evidenciar que a conquista deste reconhecimento, que teve como marco fundamental a realização da primeira campanha de combate à enfermidade no Brasil em 1950, foi viabilizada pela intensa mobilização política de Dias junto a diversos grupos sociais, como médicos, políticos e moradores das áreas rurais, profissionais dos serviços públicos de saúde, governos e associações internacionais. Tal mobilização, ao longo das décadas de 1940 e 1950, num contexto histórico marcado por intensos debates sobre as relações entre saúde e desenvolvimento, levou à construção de uma rede de apoios decisiva para que a doença, caracterizada como cardiopatia crônica a ameaçar a produtividade do trabalhador rural, fosse considerada um problema médico-social a merecer ações e programas de saúde pública voltados para o seu controle.
Palavras-chave:
Emmanuel Dias
endemias rurais
história da saúde
desenvolvimento
doença de Chagas
Abstract:
This article aims to analyze the trajectory of Emmanuel Dias (1908-1962), a researcher at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (OCI) and director of the Center for Studies and Prophylaxis of Chagas Disease (post of OCI created in 1943 in the city of Bambuí, Minas Gerais), as a key actor in the recognition of Chagas disease as a public health problem in Brazil and the Americas. It argues that this scientific and social achievement, which was instrumental to the first campaign to combat the disease in Brazil in 1950, was made possible by Dias’ intense political mobilization among various social groups, such as doctors, politicians and residents of rural areas, public health officers, governments and international organizations. During the decades of 1940 and 1950 such mobilization unfolded in a historical context marked by intense debates about the relationship between health and development, and helped to construct a network of alliances that was critical for the recognition of Chagas disease as a chronic illness threatening the productivity of rural workers and a medical and social problem deserving of public health intervention and investment.
Keywords:
Emmanuel Dias
rural endemic diseases
history of health
development
Chagas disease
Rural endemic diseases, health and development: Emmanuel Dias and the construction of a network of allies against Chagas disease
Resumo (abstract):
This article aims to analyze the trajectory of Emmanuel Dias (1908-1962), a researcher at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (OCI) and director of the Center for Studies and Prophylaxis of Chagas Disease (post of OCI created in 1943 in the city of Bambuí, Minas Gerais), as a key actor in the recognition of Chagas disease as a public health problem in Brazil and the Americas. It argues that this scientific and social achievement, which was instrumental to the first campaign to combat the disease in Brazil in 1950, was made possible by Dias’ intense political mobilization among various social groups, such as doctors, politicians and residents of rural areas, public health officers, governments and international organizations. During the decades of 1940 and 1950 such mobilization unfolded in a historical context marked by intense debates about the relationship between health and development, and helped to construct a network of alliances that was critical for the recognition of Chagas disease as a chronic illness threatening the productivity of rural workers and a medical and social problem deserving of public health intervention and investment.
Palavras-chave (keywords):
Emmanuel Dias
rural endemic diseases
history of health
development
Chagas disease
Kropf, S. P.. Endemias rurais, saúde e desenvolvimento: Emmanuel Dias e a construção de uma rede de aliados contra a doença de Chagas. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2016/mar). [Citado em 24/12/2024].
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