scholarly journals Putting Anthropology into Global Health

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Varanda ◽  
Josenando Théophile
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Human African Trypanosomiasis ◽  
Neglected Tropical Diseases ◽  
Tropical Diseases ◽  
Health Campaigns ◽  
African Trypanosomiasis ◽  
Public Health Campaigns ◽  
Insight Into

This analysis of over a century of public health campaigns against human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) in Angola aims to unravel the role of (utopian) dreams in global health. Attention to the emergence and use of concepts such as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and ideas about elimination or eradication highlights how these concepts and utopian dreams are instrumental for the advancement of particular agendas in an ever-shifting field of global health. The article shows how specific representations of the elimination and eradication of diseases, framed over a century ago, continue to push Western views and politics of care onto others. This analysis generates insight into how global health and its politics of power functioned in Angola during colonialism and post-independence.

Neglected tropical diseases

2019 ◽  
pp. 463-506
Author(s):  
Jan Hajek
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Experience ◽  
Human African Trypanosomiasis ◽  
Neglected Tropical Diseases ◽  
Diagnostic Testing ◽  
Available P ◽  
Tropical Diseases ◽  
African Trypanosomiasis ◽  
Humanitarian Settings ◽  
Contextual Features ◽  
The Poor

This chapter on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) provides an overview of the background and main contextual features of NTDs, and includes clear guidance on their clinical recognition and management. Recognizing the prevalence of NTDs in humanitarian settings, with their disproportional effect on the poor, this chapter covers the fundamentals of management of NTDs, and is especially helpful for the provider who may have little prior clinical experience with such conditions. It also includes detailed guidance on recognition and diagnosis of the main NTDs, such as dengue, human African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, leprosy, and schistosomiasis, in settings with very limited diagnostic testing available.

The Latin America and the Caribbean search strategy proposal

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 60-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eloy F. Ruiz ◽  
Alvaro Proaño ◽  
Diego Proaño ◽  
Junior Smith Torres-Román ◽  
J. Jaime Miranda
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Search Strategy ◽  
Neglected Tropical Diseases ◽  
Tropical Diseases ◽  
Important Public Health ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Public Health Literature

Latin America and the Caribbean’s public health literature is not widely recognized. Science in this region has even been compared to a night sky with just a few specks of light. To make those lights as reachable as possible, we developed the Latin America and the Caribbean Search Strategy (LACSS). This is a new method to utilize our region’s health promotion results within MEDLINE/PubMed. In contrast to a typical MeSH query, LACSS retrieves up to six times more publication results regarding non-communicable diseases, neglected tropical diseases, injuries and other important public health relevant topics in the region. We believe that global health promotion will be improved in this region by improving its visibility, and this search strategy will contribute to this.

Borderline: The Ethics of Fat Stigma in Public Health

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 510-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cat Pausé
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Determinant ◽  
Health Campaigns ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Health Seeking Behaviors ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Public Health Campaigns ◽  
Social Determinant Of Health ◽  
Fat Stigma

This article argues that public health campaigns have an ethical obligation to combat fat stigma, not mobilize it in the “war on obesity.” Fat stigma is conceptualized, and a review is undertaken of how pervasive fat stigma is across the world and across the lifespan. By reviewing the negative impacts of fat stigma on physical health, mental health, and health seeking behaviors, fat stigma is clearly identified as a social determinant of health. Considering the role of fat stigma in public health, and the arguments made for using stigmatisation in public health campaigns to promote population health, it is concluded that it is a violation of public health ethics to use stigma as a tool in combatting fatness. The article concludes by making recommendations of how public health in New Zealand can combat, rather than reinforce, fat stigma.

Recent Approaches to Chemical Discovery and Development Against Malaria and the Neglected Tropical Diseases Human African Trypanosomiasis and Schistosomiasis

2014 ◽  
Vol 114 (22) ◽  
pp. 11138-11163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathew Njoroge ◽  
Nicholas M. Njuguna ◽  
Peggoty Mutai ◽  
Dennis S. B. Ongarora ◽  
Paul W. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human African Trypanosomiasis ◽  
Neglected Tropical Diseases ◽  
Tropical Diseases ◽  
African Trypanosomiasis

scholarly journals Environmental factors and public health policy associated with human and rodent infection by leptospirosis: a land cover-based study in Nan province, Thailand

2015 ◽  
Vol 144 (7) ◽  
pp. 1550-1562 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. DELLA ROSSA ◽  
K. TANTRAKARNAPA ◽  
D. SUTDAN ◽  
K. KASETSINSOMBAT ◽  
J.-F. COSSON ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Population Size ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Health Campaigns ◽  
Sloping Ground ◽  
Public Health Campaigns

SUMMARYLeptospirosis incidence has increased markedly since 1995 in Thailand, with the eastern and northern parts being the most affected regions, particularly during flooding events. Here, we attempt to overview the evolution of human prevalence during the past decade and identify the environmental factors that correlate with the incidence of leptospirosis and the clinical incidence in humans. We used an extensive survey of Leptospira infection in rodents conducted in 2008 and 2009 and the human incidence of the disease from 2003 to 2012 in 168 villages of two districts of Nan province in Northern Thailand. Using an ad-hoc developed land-use cover implemented in a geographical information system we showed that humans and rodents were not infected in the same environment/habitat in the land-use cover. High village prevalence was observed in open habitat near rivers for the whole decade, or in 2008–2009 mostly in rice fields prone to flooding, whereas infected rodents (2008–2009) were observed in patchy habitat with high forest cover, mostly situated on sloping ground areas. We also investigated the potential effects of public health campaigns conducted after the dramatic flood event of 2006. We showed that, before 2006, human incidence in villages was explained by the population size of the village according to the environmental source of infection of this disease, while as a result of the campaigns, human incidence in villages after 2006 appeared independent of their population size. This study confirms the role of the environment and particularly land use, in the transmission of bacteria, emphasized by the effects of the provincial public health campaigns on the epidemiological pattern of incidence, and questions the role of rodents as reservoirs.

scholarly journals The Atlas of human African trypanosomiasis: a contribution to global mapping of neglected tropical diseases

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pere P Simarro ◽  
Giuliano Cecchi ◽  
Massimo Paone ◽  
José R Franco ◽  
Abdoulaye Diarra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human African Trypanosomiasis ◽  
Neglected Tropical Diseases ◽  
Tropical Diseases ◽  
African Trypanosomiasis ◽  
Global Mapping

scholarly journals CURRENCY NOTES AND ASSOCIATED RISK OF NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES: STUDY ON THE NIGERIAN NAIRA

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 252-258
Author(s):  
Ukpong Iniodu George ◽  
Joshua Esther Ifenyinwa
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Neglected Tropical Diseases ◽  
Tropical Diseases ◽  
Enterobius Vermicularis ◽  
Oral Pathogens ◽  
And Control ◽  
Hookworm Ova

Currency notes could play a role in the transmission of faeco-oral pathogens. This study aimed at identifying the possible role of the Nigerian Naira in the transmission of some neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and the implication on their intervention and control in Nigeria. Method: 250 samples of all denominations of mint, dirty and mutilated Naira notes were examined for presence of parasites using the rinse method. Result: 58.4% of notes were contaminated with 161 cysts and ova of a protozoan (45.3%) and helminths (54.7%): Entamoeba histolytica cysts (43.7%), Enterobius vermicularis ova (5.4%), Ascaris lumbricoides ova (34.7%) and Hookworm ova (12.6%). Parasite contamination was independent of currency denomination (X2 =45.4; P=0.05). Mutilated notes harboured more parasites (51.5%) than dirty notes (44.9%). Mint notes had zero contamination. This was statistically significant (X2 =5.6; P<0.05). Polymer notes were more contaminated (51.37%) than paper notes. This study has identified a public health risk and the potential role of the Naira notes in the epidemiology of some NTDs in the study area. Public education on the health implications of the abuse of the Naira, beyond reasons of patriotism is required now. The Central Bank should ensure quick withdrawal of mutilated notes from circulation.

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