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Collection Overview
- Collector:
- Princeton University. Library and Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
- Title:
- Health and Society in Bolivia
- Repository:
- Latin American Ephemera Collections
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/rb68xb89h
- Dates:
- 1986-2003
- Size:
- 10 boxes, 3 items, and 5 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- This is stored in multiple locations. review: Boxes 1-9; 001; 002; 003; 004; 005; 006; 007; 008 : Box 10
Abstract
This collection contains ephemera concerning healthcare programs and practices in Bolivia from 1986-2003. The materials include flyers, pamphlets, posters, reports and working papers dating mostly from the late 1990s and early 2000s. Most were created and distributed by non-governmental organizations and by government agencies in this country.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
Consists of ephemera concerning healthcare programs and practices in Bolivia from 1986-2003. Subjects covered: alternative medicine; children's health; disease; drugs; educational materials; health reports; HIV/AIDS; indigenous medicine; medical infrastructure and resources; mental health and psychology; nutrition; sanitation, housing and water; sexual and reproductive health; women's reproductive health. Much of the material was oublished in coordination and response to the new social programs intitiated by new president Evo Morales. Many of the organizations, both government and non-government affiliated, are concerned with the indigenous Quechua and Aymara populations' autonomy, rights, health, culture and relationship within the developing yet impoverished Bolivia.
- Arrangement:
The ephemera has been divided into broad subject areas. Within each subject section, materials are grouped alphabetically under the name of the organization that published them.
Organized into the following series:
Note: Posters in Boxes 009 and 010
Collection History
- Archival Appraisal Information:
Reels 15-21 are part of a set of 24 microfilms under the title: Socioeconomic conditions in Bolivia.
- Processing Information:
This collection was processed by Amanda Post Whitehead, Aimée Contreras, Lauren Hooten and Amity B. Weiss in 2005. Finding aid written by Amanda Post Whitehead, Aimée Contreras, Lauren Hooten and Amity B. Weiss in 2005.
Access & Use
- Access Restrictions:
Oversize RA461 .H424 1986q
The Latin American ephemera collections are open for research use.
Originals are stored offsite at the ReCAP facility. Microfilm surrogates can be consulted in Microforms Service, Firestone Library (http://firestone.princeton.edu/microforms/).
- Conditions for Reproduction and Use:
No restrictions. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions.
- Credit this material:
Health and Society in Bolivia; Latin American Ephemera Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/rb68xb89h
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA(609) 258-5964
Find More
- Alternative Form Available:
MICROFILM 12074
MICROFILM 7822 (Master printing copy. Available for reproduction only.)
- Subject Terms:
- AIDS (Disease) -- Bolivia.
Birth control -- Bolivia.
Drug abuse -- Bolivia.
Family violence -- Bolivia.
Health education -- Bolivia.
Medical care -- Bolivia.
Nutrition -- Bolivia.
Public health -- Bolivia.
Reproductive health -- Bolivia.
Sex instruction -- Bolivia.
