A Brief Social History of Tuberculosis

Arnab Chakraborty, College of Liberal Arts, Shanghai University, China. Arnab is a research fellow and a historian of global health, medicine, and diseases. He has conducted his research in India, the UK, USA, Philippines, and Fiji. Arnab’s current research lies at the intersection of health policies, migration studies, and the history of medicine in non-western societies within the context of development. Janaka Jayawickrama, College of Liberal Arts, Shanghai University, China. Janaka is professor of social anthropology and has been collaborating with conflict and disaster affected communities in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East to facilitate wellbeing. He has conducted frontline humanitarian responses, research, evaluations, and policy analysis for the UN, governments, and humanitarian agencies since 1994. Janaka is also the Director of the Research Centre for Health and Wellbeing. Yong-an Zhang, College of Liberal Arts, Shanghai University, China. Yong-an is a professor of history and Director of the International Center for Drug Policy Studies. He has been conducting policy research from a historical perspective and focus on the delivery of them for the benefit of the people.

1.Introduction. 2.History of Tuberculosis and Contemporary Challenges. 3.Borderland Tuberculosis: The social, economic and geopolitical contours of disease care and prevention on Daru Island, Papua New Guinea. 4.The Rise and Fall of India’s National Tuberculosis Programme, 1960-1997. 5.Tuberculosis, Community Engagement and Person-Centered Care in Bangladesh: Successes and Challenges. 6.Communicable Disease Risk Reduction – Learning from the Past. 7.Conclusion.