Infectious disease movement in a borderless world : workshop summary /

Infectious disease movement in a borderless world : workshop summary /

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Imprint:Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2010.
Description:1 online resource (xix, 301 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
Language:English
Series:Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press.
Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Subject:
Communicable diseases -- Congresses.
Communicable diseases -- Epidemiology -- Congresses.
Communicable diseases -- Transmission -- Congresses.
Communicable Diseases, Emerging.
Communicable Diseases, Emerging -- epidemiology.
Communicable diseases.
Communicable diseases -- Epidemiology.
Communicable diseases -- Transmission.
Electronic books.
Congress.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11216333
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Other authors / contributors:Relman, David A.
Choffnes, Eileen R.
Mack, Alison.
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Microbial Threats.
ISBN:9780309144483
0309144485
1282554476
9781282554474
9786612554476
6612554479
0309144477
9780309144476
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Summary of presentations and discussions which took place at a workshop held in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 16-17, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:"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."--Summary.
Other form:Print version: Infectious disease movement in a borderless world. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2010 9780309144476
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Migration, mobility, and health. International migration past, present, and future / Mark J. Miller
  • People, borders, and disease
  • health disparities in a mobile world / Brian D. Gushulak and Douglas W. MacPherson
  • 2. Travel, conflict, trade, and disease. Global travel and emerging infections / Mary E. Wilson
  • Armed conflict and infectious disease / Barry S. Levy
  • Risky trade and emerging infections / Ann Marie Kimball and Jull Hodges
  • Globalization of the food supply: time for change in approach / David W.K. Acheson
  • 3. Mobile animals and disease. Public health impact of global trade in animals / Nina N. Marano [and others]
  • A mollusc on the leg of a beetle: human activities and the global dispersal of vectors and vector-borne pathogens / Paul Reiter
  • Predicting and preventing emergent disease outbreaks / Andrew Dobson and Sarah Cleaveland.
  • 4. Global public health governance and the revised international health regulations. Public health, global governance, and the revised international health regulations / David Heymann
  • Capacity-building under the international health regulations to address public health emergencies of international concern / May C. Chu, Guenael Rodier, and David Heymann
  • Implementing the revised international health regulations in resource-constrained countries: intentional and unintentional realities / Oyewale Tomori
  • Viral sovereignty, global governance, and the IHR 2005: the H5N1 virus sharing controversy and its implications for global health governance / David P. Fidler
  • 5. Global disease surveillance and response. Of milk, health, and trade security / David M. Bell
  • International technical agencies working at the human-animal interface / Ottorino Cosivi
  • International animal health regulations and the world animal health information system / Alejandro B. Thiermann
  • Incentives and disincentives to timely disease reporting and response: lessons from the influenza campaign / David Nabarro.

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