Medical populism and the politics of dengue epidemics in the Global South

Volume: 17, Issue: 9, Pages: 1795 - 1808
Published: Aug 10, 2021
Abstract
With millions of cases and thousands of deaths every year in Asia and Latin America, dengue fever continues to be of global public health significance. This article uses the concept of 'medical populism' to analyse the political construction of the 2019 dengue epidemics in Bangladesh, the Philippines, and Honduras. Through this framework, we examine the narratives of these outbreaks by reconstructing how political actors simplified the...
Paper Details
Title
Medical populism and the politics of dengue epidemics in the Global South
Published Date
Aug 10, 2021
Volume
17
Issue
9
Pages
1795 - 1808
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