LEADER 03595nam 22006495 450 001 9910437848503321 005 20251230060841.0 010 $a94-007-5273-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-94-007-5273-3 035 $a(CKB)3390000000031708 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000800187 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11514201 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000800187 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10765662 035 $a(PQKB)11039494 035 $a(DE-He213)978-94-007-5273-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3070864 035 $a(PPN)168340429 035 $a(EXLCZ)993390000000031708 100 $a20121026d2013 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBiopreparedness and Public Health $eExploring Synergies /$fedited by Iris Hunger, Vladan Radosavljevic, Goran Belojevic, Lisa D. Rotz 205 $a1st ed. 2013. 210 1$aDordrecht :$cSpringer Netherlands :$cImprint: Springer,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (X, 225 p. 27 illus.) 225 1 $aNATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology,$x1874-6527 300 $aPublished in cooperation with NATO Emerging Security Challenges Division. 311 08$a94-007-5299-7 311 08$a94-007-5272-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aThe terrorist use of diseases as bioweapons has been one of the major security concerns in recent years, particularly after the anthrax letter attacks in the USA in 2001. This uncertain threat of intentional outbreaks of diseases exists side by side with the constantly changing very real threat from diseases, epidemics and pandemics as recently illustrated by the H1N1 influenza pandemic, SARS, and H5N1 bird influenza events.   This publication contains case studies on the public health planning for (un)usual disease outbreaks for 11 large and small countries with a focus on South Eastern Europe. In many countries, military entities traditionally play an important role in emergency response to disease outbreaks. In smaller countries, very little exists, however, in terms of specific biopreparedness efforts (in both the military and civilian area), which is at least partly due to a relatively low bioterrorism threat perception, and serious resource constraints.   The uncertainty associated with the bioterrorism threat makes public health preparedness planning for such events politically and financially very difficult. The similarity of responding to bioterrorism events and natural disease outbreaks from a public health point of view suggests the merit of looking at biopreparedness as a part of overall health emergency planning, not as a separate effort. 410 0$aNATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology,$x1874-6527 606 $aEmergency medical services 606 $aDiseases 606 $aEmergency Services 606 $aDiseases 615 0$aEmergency medical services. 615 0$aDiseases. 615 14$aEmergency Services. 615 24$aDiseases. 676 $a363.325/3 700 $aHunger$b Iris$01752918 701 $aRadosavljevic?$b Vladan$00 701 $aBelojevic$b Goran$01752920 701 $aRotz$b Lisa D$01752921 712 02$aNATO Emerging Security Challenges Division. 712 12$aNATO Advanced Research Workshop on Exploring Synergies between Bioterrorism Preparedness and General Public Health Measures 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910437848503321 997 $aUNINA