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4 gru 2021 · Using a conceptual framework for key stages from outbreak to pandemic, we map the chronology of documented actions against the obligations under the IHR to establish how systems functioned and to identify potential areas for improvement and further clarity in early outbreak alert and response.
China knew the disease well. Doctors had been describing it since the 15th century, and the Chinese led the way in developing a partially effective vaccine known as variolation.
6 lis 2020 · The historical pandemics covered here offer an entry point to a fruitful set of genealogies, chronologies, epidemiologies, trajectories, and imaginaries linked to a host of issues: what makes a pandemic ‘global’? What does a global history perspective bring to the table?
13 sie 2021 · This article suggests the need for a reappraisal of epidemics in Chinese history, with particular consideration of historical information on the multifold involvement of animals in human infections and anticontagious measures.
30 sty 2020 · As of publication, there are over 8,200 confirmed cases globally, and over 170 deaths attributed to the infection, the vast majority in China. Zoom into and hover over the maps below for details...
6 lis 2020 · By comparing the Tudor and Stuart period with Chinese experiences of disease during the same time, Brook argues that the relationship between the state and its subjects determined the different experiences and memories of epidemics.
A year ago on 23 January 2020 the world saw its first coronavirus lockdown come into force in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the pandemic is believed to have started. At the time, the wider...
