#466
Title: Venereal Diseases in New Zealand
Author: Committee of the Board of Health
Publisher: General Books
Year: 1922/2010
84 pages
In the midst of teaching my HIV courses, it's pleasing to know that in the New Zealand of 1922, there were three venereal diseases, "syphilis, gonorrhoea, and chancroid." It's not true, but in its way it is a comforting fiction. This historical report is interesting from the perspective of examining public health data and policy from another time and country. Most of the language and many of the recommendations seem quite contemporary, which may be as much of an indictment of the U.S.'s health policies as praise for New Zealand's modernity.
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