Infectious Disease Movement in a Borderless World
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Infectious Disease Movement in a Borderless World

Workshop Summary

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eBook - ePub

Infectious Disease Movement in a Borderless World

Workshop Summary

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About this book

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 "e;Globalization, Movement of Pathogens (and Their Hosts) and the Revised International Health Regulations"e; December 16-17, 2008 in order to explore issues related to infectious disease spread in a "e;borderless"e; 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.

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Information

Publisher
National Academies Press
Year
2010
eBook ISBN
9780309151979
Edition
0
Topic
Medicine

Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
  3. FORUM ON MICROBIAL THREATS
  4. BOARD ON GLOBAL HEALTH
  5. Reviewers
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Contents
  8. Tables, Figures, and Boxes
  9. Workshop Overview1
  10. 1 Migration, Mobility, and Health
  11. 2 Travel, Conflict, Trade, and Disease
  12. 3 Mobile Animals and Disease
  13. 4 Global Public Health Governance and the Revised International Health Regulations
  14. 5 Global Disease Surveillance and Response
  15. Appendix A Agenda
  16. Appendix B Acronyms
  17. Appendix C Glossary
  18. Appendix D Forum Member Biographies