Global public health vigilance : creating a world on alert / Lorna Weir and Eric Mykhalovskiy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weir, Lorna, 1952-

Contributor:

Mykhalovskiy, Eric.

Series:

Routledge studies in science, technology, and society ; 10.

Routledge studies in science, technology, and society ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World health.

Public health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Global Public Health Vigilance is the first sociological book to investigate recent changes in how global public health authorities imagine and respond to international threats to human health. This book explores a remarkable period of conceptual innovation during which infectious disease, historically the focus of international disease control, was displaced by ""international public health emergencies,"" a concept that brought new responsibilities to public health authorities, helping to shape a new project of global public health security. Drawing on

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; 1 Knowing Global Public Health; 2 Emerging Infectious Diseases: An Active Concept; 3 Early Warning Outbreak Detection and Alert: A Technique; 4 From Infectious Disease to Public Health Emergency; 5 A World on Alert: Emergency Vigilance in Global Biopolitics; 6 Concluding; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-15915-7

1-135-15916-5

1-282-59003-0

9786612590030

0-203-85772-0

9780203857724

OCLC:

609858895