1st Edition
Attention and Responsibility in Global Health The Currency of Neglect
Part I: Becoming neglected
1. Introduction: caring about neglected narratives
2. Theoretical approaches to attention and neglect
3. The politics of disease categories
Part II: Becoming un-neglected
4. The transition of tropical diseases
5. Advocacy and measurement for neglect
6. Conclusion: using measurement and advocacy to showcase neglect
Biography
Samantha Vanderslott is a University Research Lecturer at Oxford Vaccine Group, at the University of Oxford. She studies health and society topics with a focus on neglected tropical diseases, outbreak responses, and public attitudes to vaccines.
"In Attention and Responsibility in Global Health, Vanderslott brings important new perspectives to the concept of 'neglect', using tools from economics and history as well as anthropology and epidemiology. She elegantly unpicks how a policy problem is formed and raised in profile, and how solutions of various types come to be offered. As a scientist who has attempted advocacy for a highly neglected condition, I found this a fascinating guide to the conscious and subconscious framing of neglect that has contributed to the successes and the disappointments of the 'Neglected Tropical Disease' brand."
Gail Davey, University of Sussex
