Beschreibung
This study examines the cultural, social, environmental and
political factors that shape the spread of diarrhoea. The
case of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta shows why the spread of
disease is not merely an epidemiological problem, but an
institutional one. Social inequalities, the dominance of
central-state led discourse and the lack of participatory
health education all contribute to a persistently high
incidence of disease. This research calls for a
re-politicization and contextualization of public health
problems, in order to better understand why they occur and
therefore be able to prevent them.
Panagiota Kotsila is a researcher at the
Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA),
Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain.
