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13 Cards in this Set
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Disease control priorities in developing countries
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-need to be more efficient with money/make more cost effective treatments.
-spread of new knowledge -target: children<28days HIV Tobacco use Risk factors heart attack/stroke |
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OPPONG & HAROLD "disease,ecology, & environment"
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explanation for uneven geographic distrub. of diseases.
-genetics -environment (i.e. mosquitos) -behavior (i.e. vietnam highland) -Social class ~vulnerable ppl live in vulnerable places |
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OMRAN "The Epidemiologic Transition"
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-the transition from majority of deaths being infectious to chronic disease.
-provides more precise explanations for decline in mortality rates associated w/DTT -3 models --classical(england & wales) --accelerated (japan) --contemporary or delayed (chile and ceylon) -disease control programs=fertility transition & socioeconomic development. |
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UNAIDS "Getting to Zero"
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-15 million living with HIV
-25+ ppl who died from TB had HIV -epidemics=gay men, drug use, sex workers. -change HIV from prevalence to incidence -BRICS -Relieve ppl of their fears that keep them from getting treated. |
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CRADDOCK "The politics of HIV/AIDS in Africa"
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-critique of West response AIDS in Africa
-ABC (abstinence,be faithful, condoms) -Pres. Emerg. Plan 4 AIDS relief neglected: ---local context ---Youth ---Significant/not high-risk pops. ---drug use ---Sex work -access to Antiretroviral drugs AIDS in Africa --Could worsen gov/poverty --Imporper Sexual norms |
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Epstein and Ferber (1-4)
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-greenhouse effect
-focus on chronic disease while infect diseases HIV/AIDS, TB and ebola are ermerging. -venn diagram emphasizes combo of factors. paradigms --reemerging & emerging infect diseas --climate change -cholera-climate change->warm water->infect disease -climate change & health --dengue fever (mosquito) --lyme (more moist for ticks) --allergies(higher CO2) --dust (africa) --heat (europe) |
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Epstein and Ferber (5-9)
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-el nino, hurricanes
- oyster filter water, no longer can filter chesapeake bay. -drought -el nino & malaria -sea level -pine bettle, less cold weather -forest fires |
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Malthus
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1. Food is Necessary
2. the passion between sexes is necessary and will remain. -power of pop>earth subsistence for man |
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SMIL "enriching the Earth"
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-nitrogen fertilizer (haber-bosch)
-40% of global pop for survival 1950=95% of nitrogen fert. by North Amr, Japan, europe 1989= equal use of nitro fert by devlpd & devlping cntrys. |
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RUNGE & SENAUER "how biofuels could starve the poor"
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-all of us corn=12% of U.S. gas use
-ethanol effects farmers profit as well as the price of food. still has enviornmental concerns |
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GRANTHAM "time to wake up"
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-depletion of hydrocarbons, metals, & fert, land and water.
-deforestation-insufficient supply of wood. -diminishing returns -increase in market commodities. -poor contries will suffer the most. |
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TREBILCOCK AND SUDAK "the political economy of emigration and immigration"
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-surplus of high and low skilled immigrant workers.
-immigration should be more free market, more free and efficent mix. |
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EDWARD M EAST "pop pressure and immigration
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-eugenics
-incease the average intelligence of the pop. -intelligent births>unintelligent births -forbid immigration of unintelligent -post 1860, people immigrate to u.s. in search of easy riches. -restrict immigration to 3%, reduce quotas, intelligence testing. |
