Author : Scott J.N. McNabb
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0323909450
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (239 download)
Book Synopsis Modernizing Global Health Security to Prevent, Detect, and Respond by : Scott J.N. McNabb
Download or read book Modernizing Global Health Security to Prevent, Detect, and Respond written by Scott J.N. McNabb and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-02-15 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modernizing Global Health Security to Prevent, Detect, and Respond explores the history of public health surveillance, current governance and legal structures. The book explores global public health and the challenges in preventing, detecting and responding to emerging threats. It describes a vision for the future of global public health, with an aim of charting a way forward that includes an understanding that epidemics are expected, but pandemics are preventable. Major topics covered include global health security, epidemic/pandemic prevention, detection and response, One Health and zoonosis, virus outbreaks of Ebola, Zika, MERS-CoV and COVID-19, manmade public health threats and environmental health, and more. This book provides the context researchers, practitioners and graduate-level students need in public health to better understand what was, what is and what could be for global health security. Highlights emerging threats to public health (e.g., disease, climate change, antibiotic resistance, PFAS) Discusses new approaches to global health security Leverages technological innovations to advance public health Includes practical examples and case studies from around the world