Integrating Parasite Eradication with Family Planning: The Colonial Legacy in Post-War Medical Cooperation in East Asia

Aya Homei, John P DiMoia

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Abstract

This article depicts how anti-parasite and family planning campaigns developed in Japan and Korea independently after the Second World War, as specifically domestic public health initiatives that directly contributed to the post-war reconstruction (Japan) and nation-building (South Korea) exercises, and examines how they were later incorporated into development aid projects from the 1960s. By juxtaposing domestic histories of Japan as a former coloniser, and South Korea as its former colony, the article explores colonial legacies in post-war medical cooperation in East Asia. Furthermore, by clarifying how Japanese and South Korean development aid projects both grew from the links that existed in their respective domestic histories, the article aims to highlight complexities engrained in the history and to shed new light on a historiography that often locates the origins of development aid in colonial history.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberhkaa005
Pages (from-to)1094-1115
Number of pages22
JournalSocial History of Medicine
Volume34
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2021

Keywords

  • Japan
  • South Korea
  • development aid
  • family planning
  • parasite control

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