Trachoma Among the Navajo Indians

A Political History of the Indian Health Service

“…Tuberculosis was prevalent among Indian people, partly because of the lack of an effective public health infrastructure to identify and treat cases and contacts (Rhoades 1990). Other infectious diseases, like chlamydial eye infections, were far more common on reservations than in the surrounding areas (Lawler, Biswell, Sharvelle, et al 1970).…”

A Political History of the Indian Health Service

“…Tuberculosis was prevalent among Indian people, partly because of the lack of an effective public health infrastructure to identify and treat cases and contacts (Rhoades 1990). Other infectious diseases, like chlamydial eye infections, were far more common on reservations than in the surrounding areas (Lawler, Biswell, Sharvelle, et al 1970).…”

A Political History of the Indian Health Service

“…Tuberculosis was prevalent among Indian people, partly because of the lack of an effective public health infrastructure to identify and treat cases and contacts (Rhoades 1990). Other infectious diseases, like chlamydial eye infections, were far more common on reservations than in the surrounding areas (Lawler, Biswell, Sharvelle, et al 1970).…”

A Political History of the Indian Health Service

“…Tuberculosis was prevalent among Indian people, partly because of the lack of an effective public health infrastructure to identify and treat cases and contacts (Rhoades 1990). Other infectious diseases, like chlamydial eye infections, were far more common on reservations than in the surrounding areas (Lawler, Biswell, Sharvelle, et al 1970).…”