Milk Makes State: The Extension and Implementation of Chile's State Milk Programs, 1901-1971

Since the early 20th century, Chile has responded to high indices of infant mortality and malnutrition with programs that distribute milk to families in exchange for their maintenance of a preventative healthcare program. This article outlines the background and extent of these efforts, tracking the...

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Autor principal:	Goldsmith Weil,Jael
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Instituto de Historia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 2017
Materias:	Chile twentieth century Public Health Expansion National Milk Program Infant-mother Health Care Promoción Popular Citizen-state Interactions
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description	Since the early 20th century, Chile has responded to high indices of infant mortality and malnutrition with programs that distribute milk to families in exchange for their maintenance of a preventative healthcare program. This article outlines the background and extent of these efforts, tracking their institutionalization from charitable initiatives to a universal right as of 1954. During the government of Eduardo Frei Montalva (1964-1970) in the context of a progressive communitarian health project, local clinic workers would go door-to-door recruiting mothers to become beneficiaries. For many women, neither formal workers nor habitual voters, these encounters were their first with the state. The article relies on site-intensive research and in-depth interviews with experts, service providers and families to trace how state expansion was experienced at the local level.
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Milk Makes State: The Extension and Implementation of Chile's State Milk Programs, 1901-1971

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