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Preventing the next pandemic : vaccine diplomacy in a time of anti-science / Peter J. Hotez, MD, PHD.

By: Hotez, Peter J [author.].
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 192 p: illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781421440385; 1421440385.Subject(s): Vaccines | Epidemics -- Prevention | Public health -- International cooperation | Anti-vaccination movement | Pandemics -- prevention & control | Vaccines | Vaccine-Preventable Diseases -- prevention & control | Diplomacy | International Cooperation | Anti-Vaccination MovementGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
A New Post-2015 Urgency -- A Cold War Legacy -- Vaccine Science Envoy -- Battling Diseases of the Anthropocene -- The Middle East Killing Fields -- Africa's "Un-Wars" -- The Northern Triangle and Collapse of Venezuela -- Sorting It Out : Attributable Risks -- Global Health Security and the Rise in Antiscience -- Implementing Vaccine Diplomacy and the Rise of COVID -- The Broken Obelisk.
Summary: "With global cooperation and cohesion in decline, Hotez, a former member of the US Science Envoy Program, zeroes in on the factors that drive our most controversial and pressing global health concerns, including war and conflict, climate change, antivaxxers, and poverty. He proposes historically proven methods to soothe fraught international relations while preparing us for a safer, healthier future. The 2020 coronavirus crisis makes the book more timely than ever."--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

A New Post-2015 Urgency -- A Cold War Legacy -- Vaccine Science Envoy -- Battling Diseases of the Anthropocene -- The Middle East Killing Fields -- Africa's "Un-Wars" -- The Northern Triangle and Collapse of Venezuela -- Sorting It Out : Attributable Risks -- Global Health Security and the Rise in Antiscience -- Implementing Vaccine Diplomacy and the Rise of COVID -- The Broken Obelisk.

"With global cooperation and cohesion in decline, Hotez, a former member of the US Science Envoy Program, zeroes in on the factors that drive our most controversial and pressing global health concerns, including war and conflict, climate change, antivaxxers, and poverty. He proposes historically proven methods to soothe fraught international relations while preparing us for a safer, healthier future. The 2020 coronavirus crisis makes the book more timely than ever."--

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