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Infectious disease policy: towards the production of health
1Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK.
Health Policy and Planning
|May 2, 2000
Abstract:
This paper reflects on current infectious disease control methods, their biomedical history and the management structures they are driven by. It asks whether a broader concept of 'infectious disease policy', with an emphasis on 'process' rather than outcomes, will help to re-frame the control discourse to ensure that infectious disease control is not only a method for preventing and treating infectious diseases, but is also a path for the creation of healthy communities.