Deconstructing the tuberculosis 'threat' from 1946-1985

• Main Author: Goh, Zhao Jie
• Other Authors: Park Hyung Wook
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::History::Asia::Singapore
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76652
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Tuberculosis is often perceived as a disease of the past and has been all but eliminated. Therefore, the resurgence of tuberculosis in recent times comes as a surprise to many. This dissertation suggests that tuberculosis had never vanished but had been merely reframed to concern certain groups of i...