Infectious disease and national security : strategic information needs /

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The global community has suffered recently from newly emerged infectious diseases and from diseases once thought to be in decline. It now faces the threat of a human influenza pandemic arising from the recently emerged avian influenza H5N1 virus. The pace of global travel, migration, and commerce ha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cecchine, Gary
Autor Corporativo: United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense
Otros Autores: Moore, Melinda, M.D
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2006.
Colección:Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-405-OSD.
Temas:
Communicable diseases > United States.
Communicable diseases.
Epidemiology.
National security > United States.
Communicable Disease Control
Communicable Diseases
Security Measures
Epidemiology
Maladies infectieuses > États-Unis.
Maladies infectieuses.
Épidémiologie.
MEDICAL > Infectious Diseases.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Contagious.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
Communicable diseases
Military readiness
National security
United States > Defenses.
United States
États-Unis > Défense nationale.
Technical Report
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Background: challenges of and responses to infectious disease threats
  • Addressing a new paradigm: infectious disease and national security
  • Defining information needs: interviews with stakeholders
  • Assessing the adequacy of current information: a survey of online sources
  • Synthesis, conclusion, and recommendations.

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