Infectious Disease Movement in a Borderless World: Workshop Summary - Softcover

Institute Of Medicine; Board On Global Health; Forum On Microbial Threats

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309144477 ISBN 13: 9780309144476

Verlag: National Academies Press, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

Modern transportation allows people, animals, and plants―and the pathogens they carry―to travel more easily than ever before. The ease and speed of travel, tourism, and international trade connect once-remote areas with one another, eliminating many of the geographic and cultural barriers that once limited the spread of disease. Because of our global interconnectedness through transportation, tourism and trade, infectious diseases emerge more frequently; spread greater distances; pass more easily between humans and animals; and evolve into new and more virulent strains.

The IOM's Forum on Microbial Threats hosted the workshop "Globalization, Movement of Pathogens (and Their Hosts) and the Revised International Health Regulations" December 16-17, 2008 in order to explore issues related to infectious disease spread in a "borderless" world. Participants discussed the global emergence, establishment, and surveillance of infectious diseases; the complex relationship between travel, trade, tourism, and the spread of infectious diseases; national and international policies for mitigating disease movement locally and globally; and obstacles and opportunities for detecting and containing these potentially wide-reaching and devastating diseases. This document summarizes the workshop.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Workshop Overview
• 1 Migration, Mobility, and Health
• 2 Travel, Conflict, Trade, and Disease
• 3 Mobile Animals and Disease
• 4 Global Public Health Governance and the Revised International Health Regulations
• 5 Global Disease Surveillance and Response
• Appendix A: Agenda
• Appendix B: Acronyms
• Appendix C: Glossary
• Appendix D: Forum Member Biographies

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: National Academies Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0309144477
• ISBN 13: 9780309144476
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 322
• Herausgeber: Mack Alison, Choffnes Eileen R., Relman David A.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar