Anders Weiberg
Annotated Bibliography – Persuasion – Fall
Sean Homer
20.11.2014
Global Health Inequality
Ansari, Mohammed Y., and Asif M. Ansari. "Three Decades of HIV/AIDS Epidemic." IJBio. IJBio,
2014. Web. 20 Nov. 2014.
While unable to find background information on Mohammed Ansari, I found that Asif is a very
credible Doctor working predominantly and specifically in the field of internal medicine. This
journal does an excellent job giving the brief history we have recorded of the AIDS epidemic
since it’s arrival/”discovery” in “whiter” regions like North America and Europe in the mid 80’s.
One crucial point to my topic made by the Ansaris is how AIDS existed but wasn’t relevant until
more upper class individuals were experiencing the wake of the deadly virus.
Davtyan, Mariam, Brandon Brown, and Morenike O. Folayan. "Addressing Ebola-related Stigma:
Lessons Learned from HIV/AIDS.” Global Health Action, Nov. 2014. Web. 20 Nov. 2014.
While Mariam Davtyan is a student using this as her college thesis and Brandon Brown was too
generic a name to find info on, Morenike Folayan has elaborate experience not only dealing
with Public Health and Children’s medicine; but, even more useful to my paper, many of which
experience she has acquired was in Africa where I will be focusing a lot of my research. As I will
be making frequent comparisons between the outbreak of AIDS in the 80’s and the current one
of Ebola that is taking the fear of many by storm, this journal’s content Is a must for my
research.
Farmer, P. "Social Inequalities and Emerging Infectious Diseases." Web Of Science. Center
Disease Control, Dec. 1996. Web. 20 Nov. 2014.
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P Farmer is a Harvard graduate with a degree in medicine. This will be an extremely effective
article as it presents facts on AIDS during the height of its outbreak as well as Ebola. This article
will be great as it will provide information on Ebola at a time when the majority of the world
didn’t even know such a viral infection existed. It also is another example written at a different
time when global and social inequalities were first starting to be understood, measured, and
studied.
Forantry, Pierre, Dr. "9 - Ebola Virus Disease." Emerging Infectious Diseases. N.p.: Elsevier,
2014. 121-34. Print.
Pierre Forantry will be a very credible source for me. He has been working for the World Health
Organization (WHO) since the late 90’s and has recently been appointed WHO’s “focal point
and coordinator” for a few different viral zoonotic diseases including Ebola, one of my main
focuses in my research. The specific chapter out of this recent study gives a vast background of
Ebolavirus. It not only speaks to how deadly the virus is and its ways of transmission, but goes
into detailed methods on how to prevent the disease. Although at the time it was written we
were much further from finding a cure, this chapter provides great information as to the
physical and biological characteristics of the viral infection.
Fox, Renee C. "The Evolution of American Bioethics: A Sociological Perspective." Social Science
Perspectives on Medical Ethics. Netherlands: Kluwer Academic, 1990. 201-17.Print.
Here is a credited source used in the research done above by K. A. Stewart. It will be a very
beneficial source for my research as it dives deep into the way America perceives ‘Bioethics’
and elaborates on the meaning behind the relatively recently coined terminology. The fact it
was published in 1990 will also give me a sort of diversity to my sources. It gives me insight as
to how people were thinking during the rapid spread of AIDS virus and also sheds light on the
then current anthropological perspective of global inequality.
Reidpath, Daniel D., and Pascale Allotey. "Measuring Global Health Inequity." IJEqH. BioMed
Central Ltd., 30 Oct. 2007. Web. 20 Nov. 2014.
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Being an academic who can speak with much authority on the topic of Public Health since 1997,
Reidpath’s journal is a great source for understanding the relationship between global
inequality and how it is reflected by quality of public health. Working alongside Allotey, they
are a great team as she has experience in the health field and is also the Associate Director of
the South East Asia Community Observatory which deals in living standards for the region. The
authors make a great team in explaining how Global health inequality is being measured
currently with new methods of doing so. It hits on many good points that display how
inaccurate a statistical analysis of a region can be when measuring a people’s health conditions
and provisions. Some of the methods discussed are hopeful to implement more sufficient care
and attention to priority regions.
Stewart, K. A. "Anthropological Perspectives in Bio-Ethics." International Encyclopedia of Public
Health. N.p.: Elsevier, 2008. 184-93. Print.
K.A. Stewart is an anthropology professor at Northwestern University in Illinois. She does a lot
of her work studying global inequality and how different regions deal with everyday struggles.
In this chapter from this book, she specifically discusses how these different cultures perceive
ailments. With the chapter focusing primarily on bioethics, this will be one of my strongest
sources when stringing together how global inequality can cloud the way we perceive a global
outbreak of disease.
Thomas, Felicity, and Jasmine Gideon. "International Health Worker Migration:." Migration,
Health and Inequality. London: Zed, 2013. 62-78. EBSCOHost. Web. 20 Nov. 2014.
This book is written by Doctor Thomas who is a very credible source. She is currently navigating
a 3 year project to develop better, healthier living conditions for women specifically who live in
large cities. Jasmine Gideon is another credible doctor who has worked on improving living
conditions all over China. Chapter 4 is specifically effective in portraying the current state of the
Health Industry. It takes studies from the World Health Organization (WHO) and shows where
countries stand as far as their respective Health Industry. Highlighting key factors for my
research such as doctors to patients per capita, the article greatly depicts how different systems
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work and is perfect for comparison between regions. It also speaks on Human Rights and how
the right to health is often not understood due to the lack of healthcare and funding provided.
Hensley, Scott. "Poll: Majority Of Americans Worried About U.S. Ebola Outbreak." Shots: Health News
From NPR. National Public Radio, 16 Oct. 2014. Web. 17 Dec. 2014.
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