Myths and Realities of the Belgian Medical Model Colony: A Genealogy

This research was part of a broader research project on medical infrastructure in the DR Congo titled “Urban Landscapes of Colonial/Postcolonial Health Care. Towards a Spatial Mapping of the Performance of Hospital Infrastructure in Kinshasa, Mbandaka and Kisangani (DR Congo), from Past to Present (1920–2014),” financed by the FWO (Fund for Scientific Research), Project No. G045015N and directed by Johan Lagae (Ghent University). “At least the Belgians built hospitals.” The phrase is generall.