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Population and Health Days - The Spanish Flu of 1918
THE SPANISH FLU OF 1918
The Spanish flu pandemic broke out in 1918, the year World War I ended, against a backdrop of serious economic and social difficulties. The impact it had on mortality – it is estimated that between 1918 and 1919 it caused the deaths of around 50 million people worldwide – is still an indelible mark on the collective imagination today.
Our aim in proposing these days is to deepen our knowledge of this pandemic from various perspectives, from Demography to the History of Health, addressing issues such as: mortality levels, transmission patterns, political responses, health measures, social and economic impacts, among other possibilities. We also welcome papers on other pandemics that can help us better understand these processes in a comparative way.
The Conference will be held in Guimarães on October 25 and 26, 2018. Casa de Sarmento is organizing the event in collaboration with the Populations and Health Group/CITCEM, the ADEH (Historical Demography Association), the APD (Portuguese Demography Association) and the Martins Sarmento Society.
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- Antero Ferreira (ADEH, Casa de Sarmento)
- Maria Filomena Mendes (APD)
- Maria Norberta Amorim (CICTEM/GHP)
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