I am currently in the process of transitioning my M.A. level course on Science, Technology, and Development with 11 students to virtual instruction. One of my interests in engaging with COVID-19 is to examine how it (should) informs development ideologies and practices. How should students of development studies retool -- conceptually, methodologically, practically -- in wake of the pandemic?
This article has been cited in such places as:
"Depression in Japan: Psychiatric cures for a society in distress" - Book
"Societal and ethical issues in human biomonitoring–a view from science studies"
"Informality and survival in Ukraine's nuclear landscape: living with the risks of Chernobyl"
Sonja uses sociocultural studies of risk, organiaation theory, and disaster sociology. of which she cites 8 papers.
One of the ones I could find: https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=XaN-VkDFSWgC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&…
About Bhopal and what we can learn from disaster reponse.
This book, “Medicine, Rationality and Experience” is an incredibly influential and widely-discussed and cited book.
There is no evidence that corpses cause or spread disease following a natural disaster. There would have to be more direct circumstances for potential damage from corpses.
The risk associated with epidemics is correlated to the population displaced and affected by infrastructure.
The most commun post-natural disaster diseases are related to water contamination and crowding. While corpses could potential contaminate water, because the population is displaced the corpses likely won't contaminate the new water source, but the overcrowded displaced population will. Some of such disease include Hepatitis A and E, Leptospirosis, and measles. Meninginitis and Acute Respiratory Infections can also develop if vaccinations are not prevelant there.
Conflict in the DRC
MSF's response to sex crimes
Hamanitarian organisations more slated towards sexual crimes