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Building the Health Bridge: Selections from the Works of Fred L. Soper
567 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1970
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August 27, 2016
Fred Lowe Soper remains the 'Go-To' expert in achieving on-the-ground public health victories against vectors of disease, especially mosquitoes. Had his great compassion and clear-eyed leadership for the well-being of every person, man, woman and child of every language, culture and continent been emulated and his expert medical and public health advice built from solid success and extensive experience on several continents in eradication been taken decades ago, the world today would not quivering with dread at the prospect of endemic or epidemic chikunguya, zika and dengue in regions where those have never been before - and all from the same vector, a rather fragile mosquito that succumbs quite quickly under low-tech, species-targeted eradication efforts, Aedes aegypti. Nor would Africa be suffering a mortality rate of nearly million persons a year from malaria transmitted by Anopheles gambiae. Once in Soper's sights, these two mosquito vectors during raging epidemic conditions were quickly dispensed with in months, their deadly diseases promptly disappearing with them, as other experts proclaimed what he was achieving wasn't achievable. He proved the impossible was very possible.
Soper achieved so much in his lifetime and had so much to give to help humanity that these selections from his collected works seem as if they are the products of three or four men, not one; a tour-de-force of public health, disease and disease vector issues:
Hookworm
Aedes aegypti
Anopheles gambiae
Yellow Fever - Vicerotomy, Serological, Jungle Yellow Fever, Yellow Fever vaccines
Louse-borne Typhus
Epidemics
Endemics
International Health Administration
Malaria eradication, Local, Continental, Global
Yaws,Tuberculosis, Smallpox
Eradication - Philosophy, Brazil, Egypt
A talented communicator and epidemiologist, Fred Soper could easily segue from detailed laboratory analysis to conveying the essential issues needed by village leaders and residents to understand and be part of the battle for their health at their own front doors. This volume, Building the Health Bridge, clearly showcases Soper's rapport with the researcher as well as the layman and points the interested public health professional or dedicated layperson to more detail in Soper's more extensive documentation of the massive public health projects he'd led, such as the incredibly important and useful, 'Anopheles gambiae in Brazil 1930-1940' Anopheles Gambiae in Brazil, 1930 to 1940. As today's disease and vector control particularly with malaria seem hamstrung by a growing disconnect between laboratory and field, Fred Lowe Soper's leadership and information remains timeless and is essential to anyone serious about achieving real and lasting field results that save human lives. This volume was expressly compiled with Soper's assistance to help empower generations after him to not accept the status quo, less than perfect results or defeat.
Soper achieved so much in his lifetime and had so much to give to help humanity that these selections from his collected works seem as if they are the products of three or four men, not one; a tour-de-force of public health, disease and disease vector issues:
Hookworm
Aedes aegypti
Anopheles gambiae
Yellow Fever - Vicerotomy, Serological, Jungle Yellow Fever, Yellow Fever vaccines
Louse-borne Typhus
Epidemics
Endemics
International Health Administration
Malaria eradication, Local, Continental, Global
Yaws,Tuberculosis, Smallpox
Eradication - Philosophy, Brazil, Egypt
A talented communicator and epidemiologist, Fred Soper could easily segue from detailed laboratory analysis to conveying the essential issues needed by village leaders and residents to understand and be part of the battle for their health at their own front doors. This volume, Building the Health Bridge, clearly showcases Soper's rapport with the researcher as well as the layman and points the interested public health professional or dedicated layperson to more detail in Soper's more extensive documentation of the massive public health projects he'd led, such as the incredibly important and useful, 'Anopheles gambiae in Brazil 1930-1940' Anopheles Gambiae in Brazil, 1930 to 1940. As today's disease and vector control particularly with malaria seem hamstrung by a growing disconnect between laboratory and field, Fred Lowe Soper's leadership and information remains timeless and is essential to anyone serious about achieving real and lasting field results that save human lives. This volume was expressly compiled with Soper's assistance to help empower generations after him to not accept the status quo, less than perfect results or defeat.
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