{"title":"Jo Robertson","description":"\u003cp\u003eJo Robertson’s works delve into complex social and historical themes with a clear, thoughtful voice. Readers can expect engaging explorations of global issues, often shedding light on overlooked campaigns and humanitarian efforts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on detailed narratives and meaningful insights, \u003cem\u003eJo Robertson\u003c\/em\u003e offers a compelling perspective that invites reflection on the wider impact of international movements and causes.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-international-campaign-against-leprosy-by-jo-robertson-9781787385498","title":"The International Campaign Against Leprosy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book may offer a cautionary tale in the age of Covid-19. The narratives we shape around disease in society are so often about politics, and the competing versions of leprosy eradication's story are no exception.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn one telling, the extra-budgetary funding for anti-leprosy work came with unwarranted interference in the WHO programme, resulting in an over-hasty, acrimonious, and ultimately unsuccessful elimination campaign. In another interpretation, a great work of twentieth-century disease control was accomplished, through extraordinary philanthropy, visionary courageousness, and wily and pragmatic diplomacy. In yet another, experienced, self-sacrificing anti-leprosy experts refused to abdicate their professional responsibilities to populist campaigns more concerned with statistics than people, which were risking patients' health with under-trialled drug therapies and irresponsibly entrusting medication to patients without supervision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNone of these bureaucratic, triumphalist, or elitist narratives exists independently of the others. None is without credit, and none is to the complete credit of all involved. These competing stories offer uncanny resonances in the ongoing politics of public health, which have only intensified since both the emergence of \u003cem\u003eM. Leprae\u003c\/em\u003e millennia ago, and the concerted campaign against it in the last seventy years. What could the \u003cem\u003estories of leprosy\u003c\/em\u003e tell us about our pandemic response?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47608090722540,"sku":"9781787385498","price":57.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/c775ed86caff55d894f92b20bdf3985b.jpg?v=1778185883"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/jo-robertson.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}