East German medical aid to Nicaragua: the politics of solidarity between biomedicine and primary health care



Document title: East German medical aid to Nicaragua: the politics of solidarity between biomedicine and primary health care
Journal: Historia, ciencias, saude - Manguinhos
Database: CLASE
System number: 000450584
ISSN: 0104-5970
Authors: 1
Institutions: 1Shanghai University, College Of Liberal Arts, Shanghai. China
Year:
Season: Abr-Jun
Volumen: 24
Number: 2
Pages: 411-428
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico
English abstract Between 1979 and 1989 the government of the German Democratic Republic provided health assistance to Sandinista Nicaragua. After initial relief aid, the Sandinista embrace of a primary health care-based health system made East German health support difficult. The non-convertible currency, the repressive quality of the East German leadership, and the lack of experience with primary health care processes all limited its potential to provide support. After 1985, when implementation of this system stalled, East German health assistance was revitalized with the donation of the Hospital Carlos Marx. Providing medical services to three hundred thousand people, it combined elements of a strictly East German institution, using German personnel and equipment, with some integration into local systems
Portuguese abstract Entre 1979 e 1989, o governo da República Democrática Alemã (RDA) prestou assistência médica à Nicarágua sandinista. Após a ajuda emergencial inicial, os sandinistas adotaram um sistema de saúde baseado na atenção primária à saúde (APS), o que dificultou o apoio da RDA. A moeda não conversível, o caráter repressivo da liderança da RDA e a falta de experiência com os processos de APS limitaram o auxílio da RDA ao estabelecimento do novo sistema de saúde. Após 1985, com a paralisação do sistema, a assistência da RDA foi revitalizada com a doação do Hospital Carlos Marx. Prestando serviços a 300 mil pessoas, combinou pessoal e equipamento de uma instituição estritamente alemã-oriental com alguma integração com os sistemas locais
Disciplines: Medicina
Keyword: Salud pública,
Cooperación internacional,
Nicaragua,
Hospital Carlos Marx,
República Democrática Alemana (RDA),
Atención Primaria a la Salud,
Sandinismo
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