Attention and Responsibility in Global Health shows the construction of health through what is neglected and how the label of neglect is used to make the case that a shift in attitudes towards tropical diseases is based on changing policy practices of health and disease.
Tropical diseases have moved from being of high importance for European empires to being neglected and unknown, and then returning to the spotlight once again. During this process, the understanding, framing, and overall character of the disease grouping has changed through a rediscovery of a health issue once rendered neglectable. The book depicts this change in relevance of tropical diseases from colonial history to the present day diseases across political, cultural, and socio- economic contexts. It shows the transformation of tropical diseases as a grouping that uncovers the changing strategies, tactics, and unintended consequences of advocacy campaigning by scientists, NGOs, and policymakers to drive disease issues up the policy agenda.
Drawing on the emergent fi eld of ignorance studies, the book explores ideas about the uses and deployment of both strategic and unintentional "not knowing". It is aimed at academics and students in science and technology studies, the sociology of health and medicine, environmental sociology, public policy, and the history of science.
Author(s): Samantha Vanderslott
Series: Routledge Research in Ignorance Studies
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 204
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Part I Becoming Neglected
Chapter 1 Introduction: Caring About Neglected Narratives
Uncovering the Neglected
What Are Neglected Tropical Diseases?
Charting a Policy History
Has NTD Research Been Neglected?
Notes
References
Chapter 2 Theoretical Approaches to Attention and Neglect
Policy Problems
Problematisation
Evidence for Policy
Advocacy Through Social Movements
Innovation Conceptualisation for Solutions
Disciplinary Influences
Global Health Actors and Landscape
Conclusion: Neglect as a Policy Characterisation
Notes
References
Chapter 3 The Politics of Disease Categories
A History of NTDs as a Policy Issue
Early Initiatives: ‘Bringing Science Into Tropical Disease Research’
Timeline of Key Events
From the Berlin Meeting to the London Declaration
The First Paper
The London Declaration and Disease Lists
Different Ways to Cut a Pie
Listing Diseases and the Politics of Categorisation
Categories of Inclusion Or Exclusion
Global Campaigns and the ‘Sustainable Development Goals’
Political Influence
The Gates Foundation and Technological Solutionism
From Drug Donation to R&D
Other Sites of Neglect
Conclusion: Beyond the SDGs
Notes
References
Part II Becoming Un-Neglected
Chapter 4 The Transition of Tropical Diseases
Tropical and Neglected Categories
What Is ‘Tropical’?
Tropical Re-Relevance
Current Geography
Challenging Geographic Classification: Chronically Tropical
Yellow Fever
Dengue
Blue Marble Health
What Is ‘Neglected’?
Definitions of Neglect
Measuring for Attention: From the 10/90 Gap to DALYs
Neglect in Measurement
Finding Neglect in Solutions: ‘50 Cents Per Person’
Drug Dominance
Conclusion: Otherness of Neglect
Notes
References
Chapter 5 Advocacy for Neglect
A New Disease Brand
Careers in an Unmodern Or Modern Science
Borrowing From the Past: ‘Great Neglected Diseases’ – the Proto Brand
Attracting Scientific Talent and the Promise of Biotechnology
United States: Media-Friendliness and Scientific Diplomacy
United Kingdom: Change On the Ground
Advocacy Roles
Scientist Advocates in China and Brazil
Collectivist Science in China
Nationalist Sentiments in Brazil
A Global Policy Movement
Notes
References
Chapter 6 Conclusion: Neglect in Policy
Policy Rationales
A Typology of Neglect
Information
Emotion
Action
Thought
Who Is Responsible?
NTDs Today: Taking Out the ‘Neglect’
Notes
References
Index
