Contents

pp v-v

Acknowledgements

pp vi-vi

Maps of Papua New Guinea

pp vii-xi

Introduction

pp 1-6

I - The rise and fall of tropical medicine

pp 7-8

1 - Pre-colonial health and disease

pp 9-17

2 - The administration of public health

pp 18-24

3 - Early colonial medical administration

pp 25-32

4 - The political economy of health in Papua between the wars

pp 33-42

5 - The political economy of health in New Guinea between the wars

pp 43-52

6 - Medical education

pp 53-57

7 - The Pacific War: the condition of the people

pp 58-64

II - The rise and fall of the great campaigns

pp 65-66

8 - Miracle drugs, new perceptions and the post-war Public Health Department

pp 67-76

9 - The health campaigns

pp 77-84

10 - Women and children last

pp 85-92

11 - Health education

pp 93-98

12 - A national health system

pp 99-104

13 - Primary health care

pp 105-113

14 - The past and the future

pp 114-122

Notes

pp 123-139

Bibliography

pp 140-151

Index

pp 152-155