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Μολυσματικές ασθένειες εν κινήσει: η περίπτωση της Ελλάδας από τους Βαλκανικούς πολέμους έως το 1922 

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Infectious diseases in-motion: the case of Greece from the Balkan wars until 1922

Τρίτη 16 Ιανουρίου 2018, 18:00-20:00

Γαλλική Σχολή Αθηνών (Διδότου 6)

Ομιλήτρια: Λένα Κορμά (Γαλλική Σχολή Αθηνών) 

Σχολιάστρια: Κατερίνα Γαρδίκα (ΕΚΠΑ)

Περίληψη (Αγγλικά):

The intense war conflicts and geographic redeployments contributing to the territorial expansion of Greece during the period 1912-1922 have also consequences in the health sector, with the emergence and spread of infectious diseases. The case of the cholera and the typhus fever epidemic is a prominent example. The outbreak of the epidemic of cholera will occur during both the Balkan Wars and the First World War. Accordingly, the typhus fever will affect the Greek territories during the Great War and soon after, mainly in Eastern Macedonia. But are there any special factors that encourage the spread of these diseases, especially during this particular war period, due to the mobility of troops and refugee waves? How do the health authorities deal with these populations’ care and protection?

The aim of the present communication is therefore to examine not only the reasons for the occurrence of these epidemics at the given time, due to the wider population mobility that is taking place, but also the way these reasons are dealt with, causing the involvement of many different actors. At the same time, these examples provide a starting point for discussing how war can eventually become a “positive external influence” in the evolution of medicine.

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες: http://mobilities.bsa.ac.uk/tuesday-16-january-2018/