The International Campaign Against Leprosy: 1948 - 2005 Robertson Jo
The International Campaign Against Leprosy: 1948 - 2005 Robertson Jo This book may offer a cautionary tale in the age of Covid-19. In another interpretation, a great work of twentieth-century disease…
Specifikacia The International Campaign Against Leprosy: 1948 - 2005 Robertson Jo
The International Campaign Against Leprosy: 1948 - 2005 Robertson Jo
This book may offer a cautionary tale in the age of Covid-19. In another interpretation, a great work of twentieth-century disease control was accomplished, through extraordinary philanthropy, visionary courageousness, and wily and pragmatic diplomacy. The narratives we shape around disease in society are so often about politics, and the competing versions of leprosy eradication's story are no exception.In one telling, the extra-budgetary funding for anti-leprosy work came with unwarranted interference in the WHO program, resulting in an over-hasty, acrimonious and ultimately unsuccessful elimination campaign.
In yet another, experienced, self-sacrificing anti-leprosy experts refused to abdicate their professional responsibilities to populist campaigns more concerned with statistics than people, which were risking patients' health with under-trialed drug therapies and