INTST101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Millennium Development Goals, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Neocolonialism
12 Aug 2016
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How humans inadvertently give rise to/amplify disease: inatrogenic diseases: dieseases caused by modern medicine (ex: bse, hiv) > biowarefare/bioterrorism: spread of disease during war > the bubonic plague during medieval period spread through rival armies; deliberate spread of smallpox during pontiac"s rebellion (1763) Dense and dirty quarters of live stock result in disease: srs resulted from cats being housed in small cages outdoors; bird flue spread from contact with infected poultry or contaminated surfaces. Antibiotics feed to livestock also facilitate disease: bse resulted from infected agent in bovine feed. > evolution: evolution has allowed human body to become more resistant to antibiotics over period of time. > human behaviour: misusing, oversuing and saving leftover medication > results in remergance of past disease ( tuberculosis) > man-made changes to environment: changes to environment leads to emergence of new (e. g. kfd) > pharmaceutical monopolies: leads to expesnive expensive treatment/medication > unequal access to medication and fuels mistrust of.
