ANTC68H3 Chapter Notes -Lesson Learned, Disease Surveillance, Media Indonesia
Document Summary
Community response to avian flu in central java, indonesia by padmawati. Avian flu should be thought of as more than just an epidemiological challenge involving a disease of zoonotic origin. Rather, avian flu is a bio-social and bio-political challenge in indonesia. Backyard farmers and poultry farmers are differentially influenced by various groups such as the media, government, education, foreign aid and rumors about who stands to profit form the disease. Themes: legitimacy of government, globalization, and true motives of corporations. This study was a pilot ethnographic one that incorporated a commodity chain analysis as well as economic analysis. Impact of the decentralization of indonesian government had great impact and great opportunity in regards to avian flu preparedness and response. Illness perceptions and behaviors that impact disease transmission: community organization and preparedness for an epidemic, lines of communication authority and trust between governments, international experts and the media. Indonesia is an epicenter of avian flu h5n1 transmission.
