The global cholera pandemic reaches Chinese villages : population mobility, political control, and economic incentives in epidemic prevention, 1962–1964

• Main Author: Fang, XiaoPing
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104394; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19571
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In 1961 the seventh global cholera pandemic, El Tor cholera, broke out in Indonesia. Between 1962 and 1964, El Tor infected the southeast coastal areas of China. This pandemic occurred at a time of significant reorganization for both the rural medical and health systems and the people's commune...