ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE FIGHT AGAINST THE BIGGEST “SOCIAL” DISEASE: FINANCING MEASURES AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS IN INTERWAR BULGARIA
ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE FIGHT AGAINST THE BIGGEST “SOCIAL” DISEASE: FINANCING MEASURES AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS IN INTERWAR BULGARIA
Author(s): Ivaylo NachevSubject(s): History, Social Sciences, Sociology, Economic history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Health and medicine and law, Rural and urban sociology, Welfare services, Economic development, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: History of Medicine; Tuberculosis; Social Disease; Interwar Bulgaria;
Summary/Abstract: The article explores financial aspects of the efforts to control tuberculosis in interwar Bulgaria, including the specific roles of different stakeholders involved in the process of fighting one of the main healthcare challenges during the period. Elaborating on the dependency between the overall conditions and the spread of tuberculosis, it examines it as a “social” disease which demanded complex responses in a time of different crises and a wide prevalence of the infection. The text first looks at the evolution of the Bulgarian healthcare institutions which were focused on the problem with an emphasis of the economic aspects of their functioning. It also examines in more detail the initiatives to support the fight against the disease of the biggest voluntary organization in the field, the Society for Fight against Tuberculosis in Bulgaria.
Journal: Études balkaniques
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 119-139
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English
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