Does the history of the 1918 influenza pandemic provide any lessons to inform today’s debates about public health responses to pandemics? Explain your answer.

History and health/ influenza pandemic 1918

Task instructions

PART A

Read the assigned sources, then answer the following questions. All articles are also listed in full below.
A.1. Outline the main epidemiological, socio–economic and political features of the 1918 influenza pandemic in India. (30%)
A.2. To what extent was India’s experience of the 1918 influenza pandemic shaped by British colonial rule? You should refer both to its impact and the responses to it. (40%)
PART B
Does the history of the 1918 influenza pandemic provide any lessons to inform today’s debates about public health responses to pandemics? Explain your answer. (30%)