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Global Management of Infectious Disease After Ebola

Sam F Halabi editor Lawrence O Gostin editor Jeffrey S Crowley editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:24th Nov '16

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The 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa shocked the world with its devastation and its rapid migration to multiple continents. As the systems meant to respond to this sort of epidemic failed, the disease exposed not just weaknesses in international infectious disease surveillance and management, but the failures of governments, humanitarian organizations, and international institutions to handle the legal, ethical, and economic questions that arose with an event of this scale. Global Management of Infectious Disease After Ebola unites the insights of Ebola's first responders with those the world's foremost experts in law, economics, vaccine development, and global migration to identify missed opportunities from the Ebola crisis -- and to apply these lessons to emerging infectious disease threats. Framed with critical discussions of both the global health financing infrastructures that precipitated the response and the ethical and human rights dilemmas that resulted from it, this volume is much more than postmortem to an outbreak: it is a vital, sometimes damning examination of where we've been and where we're going in the face of emerging infectious diseases.

...best described with the citation of Peter Piot that is printed on the backside of the cover: ^iAn impressive list of authors has brought together a compelling case for how to prevent and respond to infectious disease threats. A must read for anybody working in global health and global security^r * Oliver Schildgen, Wolters Kluwer Health *

ISBN: 9780190604882

Dimensions: 157mm x 236mm x 25mm

Weight: 522g

312 pages