There is concern regarding the impact that a global infectious disease pandemic might have, especially the economic impact in the current financial climate. However, preparedness planning concentrates more upon population health and maintaining a functioning health sector than on the wider...

Little is known about the possible impact of an influenza pandemic on a nation's economy. We applied the UK macroeconomic model 'COMPACT' to epidemiological data on previous UK influenza pandemics, and extrapolated a sensitivity analysis to cover more extreme disease scenarios. Analysis suggests...

Background: In many parts of the world, livestock production is undergoing a process of rapid intensification. The health implications of this development are uncertain. Intensification creates cheaper products, allowing more people to access animal-based foods. However, some practices...

The consequences of the evolving HIV|AIDS epidemic have not been properly considered by any agency. Most existing development indicators do not pick up the impact of AIDS nor do they measure the complex adverse consequences the disease may have in the decades ahead. Incomplete and conflicting...

Tony Barnett argues that the concept of hope can offer a way through the paradigmatic log-jam over HIV prevention. It links the concepts of risk environment and individual choice and provides for a broader understanding of the social epidemiology of infectious diseases, and a way forward for...

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Development studies have increasingly lost sight of engagement with long term issues as short term, often consultancy funding, has been available for ever shorter and more 'practical' projects. This has meant that one of the most important developmental events-the HIV|AIDs epidemic-has been...