什么在一个名字:麻疹命名体系的影响
Lawson Ifeanyi Eya1,2, Muiz Ibrahim3, Creuza Rachel Vicente4,5
1Noonu Atoll Hospital Noonu Atoll Maldives.
Public health challenges
|June 11, 2025
概括
疾病名称引用地点或动物,如麻疹,可能会造成伤害. 世卫组织现在推新的命名策略,以防止污名和保护全球公共健康.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 医学伦理 医学伦理
背景情况:
- 最近爆发的水疫情被宣布为国际关注的公共卫生紧急情况 (PHEIC),突出了疾病命名方面的问题.
- 从历史上看,传染病的名字是用地理位置,动物物种或个人名字命名的,这导致了负面的后果.
- COVID-19大流行表明,污名化疾病名称如何助长种族主义和仇外情绪.
研究的目的:
- 分析疾病命名法所产生的负面影响,这些疾病命名法涉及到地点,动物或人.
- 倡导为传染病采用新的命名规范,以防止污名和歧视.
- 突出世卫组织更新的新人类传染病命名最佳实践.
主要方法:
- 对历史疾病命名惯例的审查.
- 在COVID-19大流行和麻疹疫情期间,分析疾病名称的后果.
- 审查世卫组织关于命名人类新传染病的指导方针.
主要成果:
- 疾病名称引用特定地点或动物可能会导致意外的负面后果,包括种族主义和暴力.
- 报道称,巴西的子遭到袭击,尽管它们没有参与当前的水疫情,但这些伤害是很好的例子.
- 世卫组织的"新人类传染病命名最佳实践"建议不要使用此类引用.
结论:
- 采用新的传染病命名策略对于减轻耻辱,防止歧视和保护公共健康至关重要.
- 世卫组织不断发展的命名实践,如COVID-19所见,和麻疹所提出的命名实践,旨在减少社会伤害.
- 清晰而非污名化的疾病名称对于有效的全球卫生响应和预防有针对性的暴力行为至关重要.
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