The Bhore Committee (1943-1946): health and colonialism

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Laura Carballido-Coria

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The Bhore Committee was one more in a long series of commissions and committees, which sought to produce knowledge about a particular topic, but also to grant legitimacy to the State and guide processes of public policy making. This Committee was appointed in an agitated political context to conduct a study of the health of the Indian population and to make recommendations. I am particularly interested in the composition the Committee had and in the choice of methods to gather and produce knowledge. The members were specialists in public health, medicine and the administration of the health care system. The methods included the gathering of available information, the elaboration of studies and the request by the Committee for the participation of international advisors. By doing this, I hope to contribute to the studies on inquiry committees and commissions as well as to the social history of public health in India.

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Carballido-Coria, L. . (2022). The Bhore Committee (1943-1946): health and colonialism. Journal of Integrative and Innovative Humanities, 2(2), 49–67. Retrieved from https://so07.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/DJIIH/article/view/1124
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