Abstract
In this article I seek to say what it is for something to count as a neglected disease. I argue that neglect should be defined in terms of efforts at prevention, mitigation and cure, and not solely in terms of research dollars per disability-adjusted life-year. I further argue that the trend towards multifactorialism and risk factor thinking in modern epidemiology has lent credibility to the erroneous view that the primary problem with neglected diseases is a lack of research. A more restrictive contrastive model of disease is endorsed as better suited to the definition of neglected disease.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 51-70 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | BioSocieties |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2011 |
Keywords
- causality
- causation
- epidemiology
- monocausal
- multifactorial
- neglected diseases
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health (social science)
- Health Policy