Epidemics : science, governance, and social justice / edited by Sarah Dry and Melissa Leach.

London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2010.

xv, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Epidemic narratives -- New rules for health? Epidemics and the international health regulations -- Haemorrhagic fevers: narratives, politics and pathways -- SARS, China and global health governance -- Constructing AIDS: contesting perspectives on an evolving epidemic -- Local practice versus exceptionalist rhetoric: case studies of HIV/AIDS programming in South Africa -- Fighting the flu: risk, uncertainity and surveillance -- Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: narratives of security, global health care and structural violence -- Epidemics of obesity: narratives of blame and blame avoidance -- Scapepigging: H1N1 influenza in Egypt -- Towards conclusions: science, politics and social justice in epidemic accounts and responses.

Includes bibliographical references and index.