The global threat of new and reemerging infectious diseases : reconciling U.S. national security and public health policy / Jennifer Brower, Peter Chalk.
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TextSeries: Monographs (Rand Corporation) ; no. 1602.Publication details: Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (xxvii, 146 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 0833034154
- 9780833034151
- Bioterrorism -- Health aspects
- Communicable diseases -- Social aspects
- Emergency management
- Emergency medical services -- Government policy
- National security
- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
- Communicable Disease Control
- Delivery of Health Care
- Environment and Public Health
- Health Care Economics and Organizations
- Health Services Administration
- Organization and Administration
- Policy
- Public Health Administration
- Public Health Practice
- Public Health
- Public Policy
- Security Measures
- Social Control Policies
- Social Control, Formal
- Social Sciences
- Sociology
- Bioterrorism -- Health aspects
- Communicable diseases -- Social aspects
- Communicable Diseases
- Emergency management
- Emergency medical services -- Government policy
- Health & Biological Sciences
- National security
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Law Enforcement
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Terrorism
- Public Health
- United States
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- RA643.5 .G564 2003eb
- WA 110
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-146).
1. Disease and human security -- 2. Factors associated with the increased incidence and spread of infectious diseases -- 3. AIDS in South Africa: extent, implications, and response -- 4. U.S. security and the risk posed by infectious diseases -- 5. U.S. capabilities to counter infectious diseases -- 6. Conclusion.
This study offers a more comprehensive analysis of the security implications of the spread of infectious diseases than has been done to date. The study examines the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa, highlighting this particular crisis as a graphic example of the devastating effects that infectious disease can have on virtually every aspect of a state's functioning viability. It also makes a detailed analysis of the United States, delineating the threat posed by specific diseases; assessing the effectiveness of the existing public health infrastructure; and offering specific actions that can be taken to improve the country's ability to meet this emerging challenge.
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