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  • 1
    UID:
    gbv_1008648132
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 146 pages)
    ISBN: 9780833032935 , 0833034154 , 0833032933 , 9780833034151
    Content: This study offers a more comprehensive analysis of the security implications of the spread of infectious diseases than has been done to date. The study examines the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa, highlighting this particular crisis as a graphic example of the devastating effects that infectious disease can have on virtually every aspect of a state's functioning viability. It also makes a detailed analysis of the United States, delineating the threat posed by specific diseases; assessing the effectiveness of the existing public health infrastructure; and offering specific actions that can be taken to improve the country's ability to meet this emerging challenge
    Content: This study offers a more comprehensive analysis of the security implications of the spread of infectious diseases than has been done to date. The study examines the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa, highlighting this particular crisis as a graphic example of the devastating effects that infectious disease can have on virtually every aspect of a state's functioning viability. It also makes a detailed analysis of the United States, delineating the threat posed by specific diseases; assessing the effectiveness of the existing public health infrastructure; and offering specific actions that can be taken to improve the country's ability to meet this emerging challenge
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-146)
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0833032933
    Additional Edition: Druck-Ausgabe
    Additional Edition: Print version Global threat of new and reemerging infectious diseases Santa Monica, Calif : Rand, 2003
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
    URL: Volltext  (kostenfrei)
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  • 2
    UID:
    gbv_35526112X
    Format: XVII, 146 S , graph. Darst
    ISBN: 0833032933
    Series Statement: MR / Rand Corporation 1602
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    Language: English
    Keywords: Infektionskrankheit ; Gesundheitsgefährdung ; Globalisierung ; Infektionskrankheit ; Gesundheitspolitik ; Globalisierung ; Übertragbare Krankheit ; Biologische Waffe ; Terrorismus ; Innere Sicherheit
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  • 3
    UID:
    gbv_187780374X
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource
    ISBN: 9780833034151 , 9780833032935
    Content: This study offers a more comprehensive analysis of the security implications of the spread of infectious diseases than has been done to date. The study examines the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa, highlighting this particular crisis as a graphic example of the devastating effects that infectious disease can have on virtually every aspect of a state's functioning viability. It also makes a detailed analysis of the United States, delineating the threat posed by specific diseases; assessing the effectiveness of the existing public health infrastructure; and offering specific actions that can be taken to improve the country's ability to meet this emerging challenge. ISBN: 0-8330-3293-3 Price: $20.00 Est. page count: last roman--xvii
    Note: English
    Language: Undetermined
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  • 4
    UID:
    almahu_9949576899402882
    Format: 1 online resource (177 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 0-8330-3415-4
    Content: In the post-cold war era, new amorphous challenges to national and international security have emerged. These threats do not stem from the actions of clearly defined individual states but from diffuse issues that transcend sovereign borders and bear directly off the the effects of increasing globalization. Such 'gray area' phenomena are redefining the nature and understanding of global stability, challenging policymakers to develop new, non-state -centered paradigms of security. This report focuses specifically on the threat posed by new and reemerging infectious diseases, providing a more com
    Note: Description based upon print version of record. , PREFACE; CONTENTS; FIGURE; TABLES; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; Chapter One DISEASE AND HUMAN SECURITY; THE CHANGING NATURE OF SECURITY IN THE POST- COLD WAR ERA; THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN SECURITY; THE TRANSNATIONAL SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE AS A THREAT TO HUMAN SECURITY; Chapter Two FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCREASED INCIDENCE AND SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES; GLOBALIZATION; MODERN MEDICAL PRACTICES; ACCELERATING URBANIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; CHANGES IN SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS; Chapter Three AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA: EXTENT, IMPLICATIONS, AND RESPONSE; WHAT IS AIDS? , SCOPE AND SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICAMAIN FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA; IMPACT ON SOUTH AFRICA; THE RESPONSE TO THE HIV/AIDS CRISIS IN SOUTH AFRICA; THE INTERNATIONAL RELEVANCE OF THE HIV/AIDS CRISIS IN SOUTH AFRICA; Chapter Four U.S. SECURITY AND THE RISK POSED BY INFECTIOUS DISEASES; IMPACT AND SPREAD OF DISEASE IN THE UNITED STATES; FACTORS AFFECTING THE SCOPE AND SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN THE UNITED STATES; Chapter Five U.S. CAPABILITIES TO COUNTER INFECTIOUS DISEASES; RESOURCES FOR FIGHTING INFECTIOUS DISEASE , OTHER FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND INTERAGENCY INITIATIVESASSESSMENT OF U.S. CAPABILITIES TO COUNTER INFECTIOUS DISEASES; Chapter Six CONCLUSION; Appendix CDC SURVEILLANCE AND COLLECTION SYSTEMS; BIBLIOGRAPHY , English
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8330-3293-3
    Language: English
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