ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses explicitly on the increase in connectivity of communities across the globe as it affects the transmission and control of infectious diseases. Management of infectious disease within countries is the responsibility of national agencies, most commonly ministries of health, that are responsible for providing both preventative and treatment services to their populations. The chapter explores the role of anthropological theory in understanding specific problems that human communities face with respect to global health. It looks at the role of anthropological practice in brokering interdisciplinary study of global health as a human problem. To illustrate the way practicing anthropologists develop these new approaches in response to change, the chapter talks about tuberculosis (TB). The chapter illustrates the complexity of locality in addressing global health issues by examining an evaluation that the chapter looks at partnership with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to assess a binational program to improve the control of TB in the US-Mexico border region.
