Medical anthropologists examine epidemics through many approaches. According to Joralemon, “epidemics offer particularly striking demonstrations of the interconnections between the biological, social, and cultural components of the human experience of illness” (2010: 29). Often, these approaches cannot work on their own and rely on each other to solve the epidemic. It is the job of the medical anthropologist to put all the pieces of the disease puzzle together. When examining diseases and how they affect a community, it is important for medical anthropologists to use a biological or epidemiological approach to gather information about the disease or pathogen. behind the epidemic. An epidemiological approach “views disease in ecological terms as the interaction between one or more pathogens and its host(s), because this interaction is shaped by the conditions of one or more specific environments” (Joralemon 2010: 33). . Using this approach, information gathered about the genetics of the disease helps determine how it is spread, what the transmission rate is, how it affects the body as well as ways to prevent the spread and cure an infected person. . This approach brings together very practical and scientific information that must be deciphered in community terms. When cholera outbreaks were observed in South America in the early 1990s, it was important for world leaders to know how the disease spread, how quickly it spread, and how it affected the body. The advantage of the biological/epidemiological approach is that the government is able to identify sources of contamination and identify pathogens. However, a limitation of this approach is that it does not take into consideration the cultural and economic environment of the community. It describes how cholera spreads, why it spreads, and simple, easy solutions that community members can implement to protect themselves against pathogens. It facilitated understanding and provided cultural, biological and economic examples to follow in the daily life of the community. However, this short film will only achieve its goal if it can be shown to those who most need the information/education it provides. Many of the people most affected by diseases like cholera don't have access to modern technology like YouTube or public health websites that provide how-to guides for outbreak areas. Another role of the medical anthropologist, in my opinion, is to help bridge the gap between those who have access to these resources and those who do not and to think of new, creative ways to enable people access vital community information..