Global health security : a blueprint for the future / Lawrence O. Gostin.
By: Gostin, Lawrence O. (Lawrence Ogalthorpe) [author.].
Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, ©2021Description: 331 p.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780674976610.Subject(s): World health | Communicable diseases -- Prevention | Biosecurity | Public health | Security, InternationalGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The great coronavirus pandemic of 2020 -- Part I. Growing threats: The impending threat -- The human link -- Humanity's biggest killer -- Disease by decision: human-induced threats to biosafety and biosecurity -- Antimicrobial resistance: superbugs and the imperative to stop them -- The climate crisis -- Part II. From risk to action: Governing global health security -- International pathogen sharing and global health equity -- Universal health coverage -- Global medical war chest -- Conclusion: In and beyond the age of COVID-19: what does the future hold?
"In an age of pandemics, no country can achieve public health on its own. Health security expert Lawrence O. Gostin examines the key cross-border threats to our well-being, from infectious diseases to bioterrorism, and proposes pragmatic solutions: targeted research, robust international institutions, and tools for effective global action"--