Concepts Concerning ‘Disease’ Causation, Control, and the current Cholera Outbreak in Zimbabwe

  • D Knapp van Bogaert S A Family Practice
  • G A Ogunbanjo

Abstract

There is an ethical necessity that doctors understand the complex social, political, environmental and economic dynamics involved in infectious disease outbreaks. This article discusses some important concepts concerning ‘disease’ causation and control with specific reference to the current cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe and its effects on the Limpopo Province in South Africa.

Author Biographies

D Knapp van Bogaert, S A Family Practice
PhD, D. Phil Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, Faculty of Health Sciences School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
G A Ogunbanjo
FCFP(SA), M Fam Med, FACRRM, FACTM, FAFP(SA) Dept. of Family Medicine & PHC, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), Pretoria
Issue
Vol 50, No 6 - November/December 2008
Section
CPD
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