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The Construction of (Re)emerging Infectious Diseases The Construction of (Re)emerging Infectious Diseases
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(Re)emerging Diseases and Technological Innovations (Re)emerging Diseases and Technological Innovations
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The Disaster of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Failures in Fighting a Global Pandemic The Disaster of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Failures in Fighting a Global Pandemic
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In Conclusion: Some Lessons to Be Learned from (Re)emerging Diseases In Conclusion: Some Lessons to Be Learned from (Re)emerging Diseases
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1. Confidence in the Biomedical Model Has Been Unwarranted 1. Confidence in the Biomedical Model Has Been Unwarranted
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2. Reductionist Approaches to Infectious Disease Have Failed 2. Reductionist Approaches to Infectious Disease Have Failed
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3. The Biotechnological Perspective Needs to Be Replaced by a More Comprehensive View 3. The Biotechnological Perspective Needs to Be Replaced by a More Comprehensive View
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4. Progress Does Not Go on Forever 4. Progress Does Not Go on Forever
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5. Standards and Solutions Are Closely Interdependent in Global Health 5. Standards and Solutions Are Closely Interdependent in Global Health
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6. Community Involvement Is Critical 6. Community Involvement Is Critical
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7. Short-Term Solutions Are Insufficient 7. Short-Term Solutions Are Insufficient
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8. A More Critical Approach to Infectious Diseases Is Required 8. A More Critical Approach to Infectious Diseases Is Required
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7 The Global Threat of (Re)emerging Diseases: Contesting the Adequacy of Biomedical Discourse and Practice
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Published:February 2016
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Abstract
Since the 1980s the world has witnessed the global emergence of new epidemic infections (HIV/AIDS being the most dramatic so far), and the reappearance of known infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis, malaria, and syphilis, that had seemed for some time to be under control. In the field of public health, these events have led to the designation of a new nosological category: emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. Such diseases pose a growing threat to the hegemony of biomedicine, raising many questions about the adequacy of biomedical discourse and practices to meet the global challenge of infectious diseases. This chapter analyzes the construction of this new nosological category and examines the implications of (re)emerging diseases for public health, food security, and human development on a worldwide scale.
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