Singapore has faced many pandemics over the centuries, from plague, smallpox and cholera to influenza and novel coronaviruses. By examining how different governments responded, this book considers what we can learn from their experiences. Public health strategies in the city-state were often affected by issues of ethnicity and class, as well as failure to take heed of key learnings from previous outbreaks. Pandemics are a recurrent and normal feature of the human experience. Alongside medical innovation and evidence-based policymaking, the study of history is also crucial in preparing for future pandemics.
| ISBN: | 9781032469621 |
| Publication date: | 22nd November 2023 |
| Author: | Kah Seng Southeast Asian Studies on Sustainable Humanosphere, Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Japan Loh |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 298 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia |
| Genres: |
History of medicine Asian history Infectious and contagious diseases |
Singapore has faced many pandemics over the centuries, from plague, smallpox and cholera to influenza and novel coronaviruses. By examining how different governments responded, this book considers what we can learn from their experiences. Public health strategies in the city-state were often affected by issues of ethnicity and class, as well as failure to take heed of key learnings from previous outbreaks. Pandemics are a recurrent and normal feature of the human experience. Alongside medical innovation and evidence-based policymaking, the study of history is also crucial in preparing for future pandemics.
Pandemics in Singapore, 1819–2022 features in the following genres: History of medicine, Asian history, Infectious and contagious diseases
Pandemics in Singapore, 1819–2022 is available in Hardback
Pandemics in Singapore, 1819–2022 was written by Kah Seng Southeast Asian Studies on Sustainable Humanosphere, Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Japan Loh and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Pandemics in Singapore, 1819–2022 has 298 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia series
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