Biopreparedness and Public Health
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.
Preface.- Introduction.- The Current Bioweapons Threat; J.B. Tucker.- A New Method of Differentiation between a Biological Attack and other Epidemics; V. Radosavljevic.- The Difference in Responding to Natural and Unnatural Outbreaks; A.A. Adalja.- Managing Acute Public Health Events: a World Health Organization Perspective; C. Smallwood et al..- Public Health in South-Eastern Europe - Exploring Synergies; D.N. Kaluski, M. Ruseva.- Health Security and Disease Detection in the European Union; M. Ciotti.- Case Study - Bulgaria; R. Mihaylova-Garnizova, K. Plochev.- Case Study - France; E. Nexon.- Case Study - Germany; C. Uhlenhaut et al..- Case Study - Greece; N.V. Zaras.- Case Study - Israel; A. Bruria et al..- Case Study - Italy; F. Urbano, M.R. Gismondo.- Case Study - Poland; A. Bielecka, J. Kocik.- Case Study - Romania; A. Rafila.- Case Study - Serbia; G. Belojevic.- Case Study - Turkey; G. Mert.- Case Study - USA; L.D. Rotz, M. Layton.- Concluding Remarks.-
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.10.2012 |
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Reihe/Serie | NATO Science for Peace and Security Series |
Zusatzinfo | 27 Illustrations, black and white; X, 225 p. 27 illus. |
Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Notfallmedizin | |
Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie | |
Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften | |
Schlagworte | biopreparedness • bioterrorism countermeasures • public health security |
ISBN-10 | 94-007-5272-5 / 9400752725 |
ISBN-13 | 978-94-007-5272-6 / 9789400752726 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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