Ciencia política e historia. Eduardo Cruz-Coke y el Estado de bienestar en Chile, 1937-1938
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Huneeus, Carlos
Lanas, María Paz
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Abstract
This article analyse the policies pursued by the Health Minister Dr. Eduardo Cruz-Coke (1937-1938), a remarkable professor of Biochemistry af the University of Chile who contributed to train a significant number of Chilean medical scientists. His health program was based upon a scientific approach to tackle the main health challenges, particularly problems, and general, maternal and infant mortality. He set up a National Food Council that defined innovative policies to improve the alimentary weakness, particularly among the popular sectors, and organized preventive Medicine Services to diminish labour sickness. The measures had a positive impact in Public Health indexes and were followed by its successors. His successful performance made him a political figure in the Conservative party. He was elected Senator in 1941, was reelected in 1949, and run as presidential candidate in 1946.
This article analyse the policies pursued by the Health Minister Dr. Eduardo Cruz-Coke (1937-1938), a remarkable professor of Biochemistry af the University of Chile who contributed to train a significant number of Chilean medical scientists. His health program was based upon a scientific approach to tackle the main health challenges, particularly problems, and general, maternal and infant mortality. He set up a National Food Council that defined innovative policies to improve the alimentary weakness, particularly among the popular sectors, and organized preventive Medicine Services to diminish labour sickness. The measures had a positive impact in Public Health indexes and were followed by its successors. His successful performance made him a political figure in the Conservative party. He was elected Senator in 1941, was reelected in 1949, and run as presidential candidate in 1946.