Global public health vigilance : creating a world on alert

Global public health vigilance : creating a world on alert / Lorna Weir and Eric Mykhalovskiy.

Describes and analyzes the transformations in global mechanisms for monitoring infectious disease outbreaks that have occurred since the mid-1990s. This book examines early warning outbreak detection, which operates electronically through the Internet to identify infectious disease outbreaks that ma...

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Main Author: Weir, Lorna, 1952-
Other Authors: Mykhalovskiy, Eric
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2010.
Series:Routledge studies in science, technology, and society ; 10.
Subjects:
World health.
Epidemics.
Pandemics.
epidemics.
pandemics.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
Epidemics
World health
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Describes and analyzes the transformations in global mechanisms for monitoring infectious disease outbreaks that have occurred since the mid-1990s. This book examines early warning outbreak detection, which operates electronically through the Internet to identify infectious disease outbreaks that may lead to international health emergencies.
Physical Description:1 online resource (218 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-209) and index.
ISBN:9780203857724
0203857720
9781135159160
1135159165
9781135159115
1135159114
9781135159153
1135159157
9780415810609
0415810604
1282590030
9781282590038
9786612590030
6612590033
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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