A Brief Social History of Tuberculosis

Key Challenges to Global Health
Herausgeber: Chakraborty, Arnab; Zhang, Yong-An; Jayawickrama, Janaka

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Produktbeschreibung

A Brief Social History of Tuberculosis delves into the history of tuberculosis and its impact on human populations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 148mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 270g
• ISBN-13: 9781032634616
• ISBN-10: 1032634618
• Artikelnr.: 71298913

Autorenporträt

Arnab Chakraborty, College of Liberal Arts, Shanghai University, China. Arnab is a research fellow and a historian of global health, medicine, and diseases. He has conducted his research in India, the UK, the USA,the Philippines, and Fiji. Arnab's current research lies at the intersection of health policies, migration studies, and the history of medicine in non-Western societies within the context of development. Janaka Jayawickrama, College of Liberal Arts, Shanghai University, China. Janaka is professor of social anthropology and has been collaborating with conflict and disaster-affected communities in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East to facilitate wellbeing. He has conducted frontline humanitarian responses, research, evaluations, and policy analysis for the UN, governments, and humanitarian agencies since 1994. Janaka is also the Director of the Research Centre for Health and Wellbeing. Yong-an Zhang, College of Liberal Arts, Shanghai University, China. Yong-an is a professor of history and Director of the International Center for Drug Policy Studies. He has been conducting policy research from a historical perspective and focuses on their delivery for the benefit of the people.

Inhaltsangabe

1.Introduction. 2.History of Tuberculosis and Contemporary Challenges.
3.Borderland Tuberculosis: The social, economic and geopolitical contours
of disease care and prevention on Daru Island, Papua New Guinea. 4.The Rise
and Fall of India's National Tuberculosis Programme, 1960-1997.
5.Tuberculosis, Community Engagement and Person-Centered Care in
Bangladesh: Successes and Challenges. 6.Communicable Disease Risk Reduction
- Learning from the Past. 7.Conclusion.