Preparing for pandemics in the modern world / edited by Christing Crudo Blackburn.
"The Black Death. Cholera. Spanish flu. Swine flu. HIV/AIDS. COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2. Each of these pandemics has made (or, is making) a lasting impact on humanity. From the immediate mental image of the beaked masks worn in the Middle Ages (bubonic plague) and the birth of epidemiology (cholera) t...
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[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part one. Resilience is key: lessons from past public health disasters
- Lessons of the 1918 influenza pandemic and why they matter even more today
- The 1918 influenza pandemic: a still-mysterious litmus test for pandemic prevention and control
- Part two. Preventing spillover: animal vaccinations and zoonotic threats
- The importance of ecological science and conservation programs to the one health approach
- Leadership in one health
- Part three. When "just-in- time isn't in time: the national security implications of supply chain disruptions during pandemics
- Business planning for pandemics: a major gap in pandemic preparedness
- Leveraging the role of the private sector in preparedness and response
- Multisector preparedness: facing the next pandemic together
- Epilogue.