![]() ![]() Edwin Chadwick in the United Kingdom, Rudolf Virchow in Germany and John Griscom in the United States drew attention to the environmental causes of disease and became social activists. In the mid 19th century, scientists were divided into two camps: the contagionists and the anticontagionists (or sanitarians). ![]() ![]() Her dominant theme is that the health of the public must regain its historical role as the goal of economic development and as a primary driver of public policy. In Betrayal of Trust she documents our failure to take action, showing that public health has been dealt a body blow: The societal scaffolding for it is breaking down, and public health systems have been eviscerated. In her Pulitzer Prize–winning book The Coming Plague, Garrett tackled lack of recognition of the problem. But in contrast to the populace of the 19th century, we are unaware of the turnaround and are unprepared to take action to address its causes. Today's resurgence of infectious disease also follows a long period of increasing life spans, as well as an epidemiological transition to chronic diseases. ![]()
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