Oral Rehydration Salts, Cholera, and the Unfinished Urban Health Agenda

Cholera has played an outsized role in the history of how cities have transformed from the victims of disease into great disease conquerors. Yet the current burden of cholera and diarrheal diseases in the fast-urbanizing areas of low-income nations shows the many ways in which the urban health agend...

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Main Author: Thomas J. Bollyky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-04-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/7/5/67
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description Cholera has played an outsized role in the history of how cities have transformed from the victims of disease into great disease conquerors. Yet the current burden of cholera and diarrheal diseases in the fast-urbanizing areas of low-income nations shows the many ways in which the urban health agenda remains unfinished and must continue to evolve.
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spelling doaj.art-45660d7d2f794b2da8bd7e8afbbab7422023-11-23T13:23:37ZengMDPI AGTropical Medicine and Infectious Disease2414-63662022-04-01756710.3390/tropicalmed7050067Oral Rehydration Salts, Cholera, and the Unfinished Urban Health AgendaThomas J. Bollyky0Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC 20006, USACholera has played an outsized role in the history of how cities have transformed from the victims of disease into great disease conquerors. Yet the current burden of cholera and diarrheal diseases in the fast-urbanizing areas of low-income nations shows the many ways in which the urban health agenda remains unfinished and must continue to evolve.https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/7/5/67choleraurban healthoral rehydration
spellingShingle Thomas J. Bollyky
Oral Rehydration Salts, Cholera, and the Unfinished Urban Health Agenda
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
cholera
urban health
oral rehydration
title Oral Rehydration Salts, Cholera, and the Unfinished Urban Health Agenda
title_full Oral Rehydration Salts, Cholera, and the Unfinished Urban Health Agenda
title_fullStr Oral Rehydration Salts, Cholera, and the Unfinished Urban Health Agenda
title_full_unstemmed Oral Rehydration Salts, Cholera, and the Unfinished Urban Health Agenda
title_short Oral Rehydration Salts, Cholera, and the Unfinished Urban Health Agenda
title_sort oral rehydration salts cholera and the unfinished urban health agenda
topic cholera
urban health
oral rehydration
url https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/7/5/67
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