Defining neglected disease

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)51-70
Number of pages20
JournalBioSocieties
Volume6
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2011

Keywords

  • causality
  • causation
  • epidemiology
  • monocausal
  • multifactorial
  • neglected diseases

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Health (social science)
  • Health Policy

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