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Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Health Security
COVID-19 and Ensuring Future Pandemic Preparedness in Ireland and the World
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eBook - ePub
Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Health Security
COVID-19 and Ensuring Future Pandemic Preparedness in Ireland and the World
About this book
Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Health Security: Ensuring Future Preparedness for Small Island Nations and the World reviews the many lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include epidemic preparedness, the politics of epidemics, health security, anti-vaccine campaigns, vaccine preparedness, the need for detailed information sharing and infection tracking versus protected health information, the effects on international relations, the need for intelligence assets to contribute to global health, and the development of biodefense shields.
- Focuses on health security and epidemic control in small island countries
- Presents international relations and affairs in the public health context
- Summarizes major lessons learned for humanity from the 2020-21 pandemic
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- About the authors
- About the contributors
- Foreword
- Preface: Three interlocking functions for stronger health security
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- Chapter 1 : The irreversible global politicization of health
- Chapter 2 : Fortress Ireland
- Chapter 3 : Lessons for humanity
- Chapter 4 : Lockdown alternatives
- Chapter 5 : Creativity and originality: Original responses
- Chapter 6 : Lessons from—and for—Developing countries
- Chapter 7 : Vaccine preparedness
- Chapter 8 : Antivaccine campaigns and the far left and right
- Chapter 9 : Military involvement in pandemics
- Chapter 10 : Information sharing
- Chapter 11 : Public access to public health information
- Chapter 12 : Health security and strengthening health systems
- Chapter 13 : Biodefense shields
- Chapter 14 : International relations implications of the pandemic
- Index
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