Research Catalog

Title

The impact of globalization on infectious disease emergence and control : exploring the consequences and opportunities : workshop summary / Stacey Knobler, Adel Mahmoud, Stanley Lemon, editors ; Forum on Microbial Threats ; Board on Global Health.

Publication

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2006], ©2006.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Knobler, Stacey.
• Mahmoud, Adel A. F.
• Lemon, Stanley M.
• Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Microbial Threats.
• Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Global Health.

Description

xv, 227 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Subjects

• Congress
• Communicable Diseases > transmission
• Health Policy
• Disease Transmission, Infectious > prevention & control
• Communicable diseases > Prevention > Case studies > Congresses
• Communicable diseases > Prevention > Congresses
• Communicable Disease Control
• International Cooperation
• Disease Outbreaks > prevention & control

Genre/Form

Congress.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

1. A world in motion : the global movement of people, products, pathogens, and power -- 2. Examining the consequences : a changing landscape -- 3. The global application of knowledge, tools, and technology : opportunities and obstacles -- 4. Creating a framework for progress -- App. International law, infectious diseases, and globalization -- App. Changing vector ecologies : political geographic perspectives -- App. Social aspects of public health challenges in period of globalization : the case of Russia.

ISBN

0309100984 (pbk.)

LCCN

2005036813

OCLC

• ocm62736883
• SCSB-5237162

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries