The establishment of international sanitary institutions, which took place in the context of rivalry among the great European powers and their colonial expansion in Asia, allowed for the development of administrative systems of international epidemiological surveillance as a response to the cholera epidemics at the end of the nineteenth century. In this note, I reflect on how a historical analysis of the inception of international epidemiological surveillance and pandemic management helps us to understand what is happening in the COVID-19 pandemic today.
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【저자키워드】 COVID-19, epidemiological surveillance, health diplomacy, Colonialism, History of epidemiology, International sanitary conferences,
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, epidemiological surveillance, health diplomacy, Colonialism, History of epidemiology, International sanitary conferences,