Doctors on Saba. Health care and disease in a Caribbean familily practice.

In this thesis a number of studies are described which relate to Saba's health care system, which proved to be sufficient for making recommendations regarding its improvement.

After the introduction. Chapter 1 discusses the history of Saba. It is assumed that the Island was first mapped in 1493 during one of Columbus' voyages. Between 1640 and 1816 the Island was governed by the English and the Dutch in turn from the neighboring islands of St. Eustatius and St. Maarten. After 1845 Saba became, within the Netherlands Antilles, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and was governed until 1983 by a Lieutenant Governor from St. Maarten. Since then Saba enjoys an autonomous position with its own Lieutenant Governor and, since 1985, its own representative in the 'Staten der Nederlandse Antillen' (Antilles parliament). Aroud 1870, an emigration wave to the USA began due to a deterioration in the economic situation, followed in the period between 1915 and 1924 by a similar wave of emigration to the islands of Curacao and Aruba. This has led to a situation whereby nowadays six times as many Sabans live off the Island as on it.

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