Urbanization and Emerging Infectious Disease: The case of Dengue in Delhi
Urban Workshop Series, the Centre for Policy Research (CPR)
and Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH), Delhi are delighted to invite you to
a Workshop on* "**Urbanization and Emerging Infectious Disease: The case of
Dengue in Delhi* *"* by Olivier Telle, Post-Doctoral Associate at Institut
Pasteur, Paris .
Date: Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Time: 3.45 p.m.
Venue: Conference Hall, Centre for Policy Research, Dharma Marg,
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110 021
Dengue, a viral infection transmitted by *Aedes *mosquitoes, is a rapidly
growing public health problem in tropical and sub-tropical countries, which
appeared in Delhi during the 1990s. The Indian capital is now the most
affected area in India with epidemics registered every three to four years.
The objective of this research is to understand the link between
environmental fragmentation and the geography of dengue in Delhi and
examine the role of the combination of factors is responsible for the
endemisation of dengue such as lack of infrastructure, governance of the
city and the disease, new population behaviour, etc. Urbanisation has
always been a factor influencing the emergence of a disease and many
studies in health geography have indeed demonstrated that population living
in the poor areas of cities were the most affected by classical diseases
such as tuberculosis, leprosy, malaria, etc. This paper examines if the
model described in classical medical geography for infectious diseases can
be extended to an emerging disease like dengue or if new tools and models
need to be created to understand emerging epidemics in urban areas.
*Olivier Telle *is a post-doctoral associate at the Institut Pasteur, Paris
and is also affiliated to CSH, New Delhi. He received his PhD in Geography
from the University of Rouen.
*This is the thirtieth in a series of Urban Workshops by the Centre de
Sciences Humaines (CSH) and Centre for Policy Research (CPR). These
workshops seek to provoke public discussion on issues relating to the
development of the city and try to address all its facets including its
administration, culture, economy, society, and politics. For information,
please contact: Marie-Hélène Zerah at marie-helene.zerah@ird.fr or Partha
Mukhopadhyay at partha@cprindia.org <Partha@cprindia.org>*
You are welcome to attend.
Yours sincerely,
Pratap Bhanu Mehta
and Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH), Delhi are delighted to invite you to
a Workshop on* "**Urbanization and Emerging Infectious Disease: The case of
Dengue in Delhi* *"* by Olivier Telle, Post-Doctoral Associate at Institut
Pasteur, Paris .
Date: Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Time: 3.45 p.m.
Venue: Conference Hall, Centre for Policy Research, Dharma Marg,
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110 021
Dengue, a viral infection transmitted by *Aedes *mosquitoes, is a rapidly
growing public health problem in tropical and sub-tropical countries, which
appeared in Delhi during the 1990s. The Indian capital is now the most
affected area in India with epidemics registered every three to four years.
The objective of this research is to understand the link between
environmental fragmentation and the geography of dengue in Delhi and
examine the role of the combination of factors is responsible for the
endemisation of dengue such as lack of infrastructure, governance of the
city and the disease, new population behaviour, etc. Urbanisation has
always been a factor influencing the emergence of a disease and many
studies in health geography have indeed demonstrated that population living
in the poor areas of cities were the most affected by classical diseases
such as tuberculosis, leprosy, malaria, etc. This paper examines if the
model described in classical medical geography for infectious diseases can
be extended to an emerging disease like dengue or if new tools and models
need to be created to understand emerging epidemics in urban areas.
*Olivier Telle *is a post-doctoral associate at the Institut Pasteur, Paris
and is also affiliated to CSH, New Delhi. He received his PhD in Geography
from the University of Rouen.
*This is the thirtieth in a series of Urban Workshops by the Centre de
Sciences Humaines (CSH) and Centre for Policy Research (CPR). These
workshops seek to provoke public discussion on issues relating to the
development of the city and try to address all its facets including its
administration, culture, economy, society, and politics. For information,
please contact: Marie-Hélène Zerah at marie-helene.zerah@ird.fr or Partha
Mukhopadhyay at partha@cprindia.org <Partha@cprindia.org>*
You are welcome to attend.
Yours sincerely,
Pratap Bhanu Mehta
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