The syndemics of childhood diarrhoea: A biosocial perspective on efforts to combat global inequities in diarrhoea-related morbidity and mortality

摘要: Diarrhoea remains the second leading cause of death in children under 5 years. Moreover, morbidity as a result diarrhoea is high particularly marginalised communities. Frequent bouts have deleterious and irreversible effects on physical cognitive development. Children are especially vulnerable given their inability to mount an active immune response pathogen exposure. Biological limitations exacerbated by long-term poverty, including reduced nutrition, poor hygiene deprived home environments. Drawing from available literature, this paper uses syndemic theory explore role adverse biosocial interactions increasing total disease burden enteric infections low-resources populations assesses recent global calls action. The perspective describes situations which social conditions, inequality, poverty other forms political economic oppression, play critical facilitat...