The global threat of new and reemerging infectious diseases [[electronic resource] ] : reconciling U.S. national security and public health policy / / Jennifer Brower, Peter Chalk

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910219964303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Santa Monica, Calif., : Rand, 2003
• ISBN: 0-8330-3415-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BrowerJennifer <1967->; ChalkPeter
• Disciplina: 363.3/2
• Soggetti: Emerging infectious diseases - Social aspects; National security; Bioterrorism - Health aspects; Emergency medical services - Government policy; Emergency management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-146).
• Nota di contenuto: PREFACE; CONTENTS; FIGURE; TABLES; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; Chapter One DISEASE AND HUMAN SECURITY; THE CHANGING NATURE OF SECURITY IN THE POST- COLD WAR ERA; THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN SECURITY; THE TRANSNATIONAL SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE AS A THREAT TO HUMAN SECURITY; Chapter Two FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCREASED INCIDENCE AND SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES; GLOBALIZATION; MODERN MEDICAL PRACTICES; ACCELERATING URBANIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; CHANGES IN SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS; Chapter Three AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA: EXTENT, IMPLICATIONS, AND RESPONSE; WHAT IS AIDS?; SCOPE AND SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICAMAIN FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA; IMPACT ON SOUTH AFRICA; THE RESPONSE TO THE HIV/AIDS CRISIS IN SOUTH AFRICA; THE INTERNATIONAL RELEVANCE OF THE HIV/AIDS CRISIS IN SOUTH AFRICA; Chapter Four U.S. SECURITY AND THE RISK POSED BY INFECTIOUS DISEASES; IMPACT AND SPREAD OF DISEASE IN THE UNITED ; STATES; FACTORS AFFECTING THE SCOPE AND SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN THE UNITED STATES; Chapter Five U.S. CAPABILITIES TO COUNTER INFECTIOUS DISEASES; RESOURCES FOR FIGHTING INFECTIOUS DISEASE; OTHER FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND INTERAGENCY INITIATIVESASSESSMENT OF U.S. CAPABILITIES TO COUNTER INFECTIOUS DISEASES; Chapter Six CONCLUSION; Appendix CDC SURVEILLANCE AND COLLECTION SYSTEMS; BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Sommario/riassunto: In the post-cold war era, new amorphous challenges to national and international security have emerged. These threats do not stem from the actions of clearly defined individual states but from diffuse issues that transcend sovereign borders and bear directly off the the effects of increasing globalization. Such 'gray area' phenomena are redefining the nature and understanding of global stability, challenging policymakers to develop new, non-state -centered paradigms of security. This report focuses specifically on the threat posed by new and reemerging infectious diseases, providing a more com