Prevention and control of infectious diseases in BRI countries / Weizhong Yang, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yang, Weizhong, 1954- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yi dai yi lu (Initiative : China).

Communicable diseases--Prevention.

Communicable diseases.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer ; [China] : People's Medical Publishing House, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book systematically assesses the risk of 21 major infectious diseases threatening BRI countries. It consists of 14 chapters. Chapter 1 is an overview. Chapter 2 introduces the history of health cooperation between China and other BRI countries. Chapters 3-14 introduce the prevalence of major infectious diseases threatening BRI countries such as cholera, vaccine preventable diseases (polio, measles, meningitis, Japanese encephalitis, diphtheria, hepatitis A), tuberculosis, influenza, and insect-borne diseases (Dengue fever, Zika virus disease, yellow fever, Chikungunya, Rift Valley fever), plague, malaria, Ebola virus disease, MERS, schistosomiasis, COVID-19 and AIDS, and risk factors, principles and cases of their prevention and control. It is a useful reference book in the research of infectious disease control and prevention, and provides historical experience and lessons learned. It also provides decision support for international cooperation among BRI countries in the field of epidemic prevention and control in the future.

Contents:

1 Introduction

2 Health Cooperation between China and Other Belt and Road Countries

3 Cholera Risk Assessment, Control and Prevention

4 Risk Assessment and Control on Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

5 Risks of Tuberculosis Prevention and Control

6 The Risk and Prevention and Control of Influenza

7 The Risk, Prevention, and Control of Arthropod-borne Infectious Diseases

8 Plague Risk and Prevention

9 Malaria Risk and Control

10 Ebola Virus Disease Risk and Control

11 Risk and Prevention of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)

12 Schistosomiasis Risk and Prevention

13 COVID-19 Risk and Control

14 Risk of AIDS and Its Prevention and Control.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 9, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Yang, Weizhong Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in BRI Countries

ISBN:

9789813369580

9813369582

OCLC:

1255237030

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.