Canary in the Coal Mine

Hope and Emergency in the Management of Measles

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4564332
AutoresMichael Rabi (0000-0003-3139-9125, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, autor de correspondencia)
Año2025
Volumen44
Número1
Páginas52-68
Fecha de publicación2025-01-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMedical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0145-9740 • E-ISSN: 1545-5882
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01459740.2024.2428639
PMID39556790
OpenAlexW4404470498
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas33

Exploring the relationship between governmental infectious disease management and emergency systems, I examine the turn to emergency in European measles management during the resurgence of the disease between 2017 and 2020. While measles management was shaped by hope for disease eradication and as a progressive pursuit of elimination, amid growing concerns with vaccination coverage, hope was redirected toward reversing regression in the struggle against infectious disease. I argue that perception of and action on public health issues as emergencies is intricately tied to change in the fundamental construct of governmental infectious disease management, regardless of change in the disease or its categorization

Action (physics · Disease · Economic growth · Economics · Emergency management · Environmental health · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Measles · Political science · Public health · Vaccination · Global Security and Public Health · Immunology · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Nursing · Zoonotic diseases and public health