INTL 1101 Lecture Notes - Structural Adjustment, Swine Influenza, Meningitis

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: International Affairs
• Course: INTL 1101
• Professor: Ioannis Livanis

Document Summary

Infectious diseases responsible for 22% of all deaths. Mostly young and older people; higher toll in africa, latin america. Low income countries die from avoidable and spreadable illnesses/diseases. Global trade: imf structural adjustment and liberalization reduces the role of governments (mostly in providing healthcare) Trade in food: change in dietary habits, convergence of tastes; demand for year-round availability of fresh fruit and vegetables; products from less expensive labor markets, worldwide ingredients and transport. Food may be contaminated; unhygienic irrigation, packaging practices, storage, non-indigenous crops more susceptible to indigenous pathogens. E-coli in germany: 2,800 affected, 26 dead (91 in eu) Climate change/global warming; higher ambient air temperature, precipitation/humidity (mosquitoes) Water supply/dams; profound ecological changes that affects disease vectors; most dams associated with increase in malaria. Deforestation; increases contact between humans and pathogens; decreases natural predators of disease vectors; increases in malaria (runoff water stagnant in pools); loss of biodiversity.