LES DEVELOPPEMENTS AUX POINTS DE VUE SOCIAL ET MEDICAL EN 1951-1952

In: Civilisations: d'anthropologie et de sciences humaines, Band 3, Heft 3, S. 361-368

Abstract

During this two year period, race relations have worsened. In Kenya the Mau Mau movement started. It is particularly anti-European and anti-Christian. One major cause for its appearance is the belief among the natives that the soil was alienated for European agricultural colonization. The second factor is represented by the social modifications brought about by the whites. The population has increased very quickly, and one solution to this problem is in the development of the economic resources of Occidental Africa. The problem of race relations is also acute in Bechuanaland because of the marriage of the chief's heir to a white woman. In the United Kingdom itself there are about 10,000 students and 40,000 colored workers and no discrimination. In matters of health tuberculosis is one of the greatest problems of social medicine. Great progress has been made in the case of leprosy, but malaria is still the greatest health hazard. A new organization, the Aplied Nutrition Unit, has been established. It is concerned with medical and dietetic aspects of nutrition. In several regions a program of housing construction has been started. D. Bystryn.