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Trends. Controlling Aids Through Control, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Controlling Aids Through Control, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article discusses the concept of political control and public health in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Chronic Disease: The Epidemic Of The Twentieth Century, Dora Anne Mills
Chronic Disease: The Epidemic Of The Twentieth Century, Dora Anne Mills
Maine Policy Review
One hundred years ago, the leading causes of death were infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, influenza and pneumonia. Of equal concern were water-borne diseases such as cholera and typhoid. Yet today, as a result of public health measures to clean up drinking water and provide immunizations, and by improvements in medical care, such diseases have been eradicated. As Dora Anne Mills points out, as we begin a new century, we have much to celebrate but still more to consider. Today, we face an epidemic unlike any found in 1900. One hundred years ago only one-in-six people died of a chronic …