Endemic Diseases: Globalization, Urbanization, and Immunosuppression

The Increase of Exotic Zoonotic Helminth Infections: The Impact of Urbanization, Climate Change and Globalization.

Zoonotic parasitic diseases are increasingly impacting human populations due to the effects of globalization, urbanization and climate change. Here we review the recent literature on the most important helminth zoonoses, including reports of incidence and prevalence. We discuss those helminth diseases which are increasing in endemic areas and consider their geographical spread into new regions ...

Globalization and Chagas Disease

Globalization and Chagas Disease reflect several historic and social situations in Latin America (LA), with important influences and repercussions in the general society and between themselves. Originally, the disease was restricted to LA, with a socio-political context strongly marked by poverty, migration and the progressive enfeeblement of the State. (CNBB 2003, Macedo 1997, Schmunis 1997, S...

Urbanization and international trade and investment policies as determinants of noncommunicable diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa.

There are three dominant globalization pathways affecting noncommunicable diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): urbanization, trade liberalization, and investment liberalization. Urbanization carries potential health benefits due to improved access to an increased variety of food imports, although for the growing number of urban poor, this has often meant increased reliance on cheap, highly pro...

Globalization via World Urbanization: The Crucial Phase

Globalization: The Crucial Phrase brings together scholars of anthropology and social science, as well as law and medicine to examine the challenges and opportunities introduced by rapid globalization, including economic diversity, education, labor, health, and environmental concerns.

Urbanization in an Era of Volatile Globalization: Policy Problematiques for the 2 Century