Disease, DPs, and DDT: a global health perspective on the history of refugee relief

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Abstract:: At the end of the Second World War, millions of men, women and children shared a similar experience at the hands of Allied armies and relief agencies: delousing, to prevent the spread of infectious disease. The procedure lasted seconds. In studies of displaced populations in this period, its effects upon them are commonly presented as invasive, humiliating, and, for some, reminiscent of Nazi abuse. Adopting a wider lens, this article explores how events and developments in a range of global settings shaped demands for effective delousing as well as the character of measures devised to achieve it. Harnessing fresh perspectives on how delousing was administered and delivered, it also advances understanding of its impact on refugees who experienced it.

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Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Journal:: Itinerario: Journal of Imperial and Global Interactions More from this journal
Volume:: 46
Issue:: 2
Pages:: 233 - 250
Publication date:: 2022-10-04
Acceptance date:: 2021-06-16
DOI:: 10.1017/S0165115322000080
EISSN:: 2041-2827
ISSN:: 0165-1153

Copyright holder:: Roderick Bailey
Rights statement:: © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Research Institute for History, Leiden University. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Notes:: This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version will be available online from a forthcoming edition of Itinerario: Journal of Imperial and Global Interactions.

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