Infectious disease and national security : strategic information needs / Gary Cecchine, Melinda Moore.

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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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Cecchine, Gary
Other Authors: Moore, Melinda
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, 2006.
Series:Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR405.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One- Introduction; About This Study; Study Methods; How This Report Is Organized; Chapter Two- Background: Challenges of and Responses to Infectious Disease Threats; Infectious Disease Threats; Responses to Threats from Infectious Disease; Summary; Chapter Three- Addressing a New Paradigm: Infectious Disease and National Security; Infectious Disease and Security; Infectious Disease and Recent U.S. National Security Initiatives; Summary; Chapter Four- Defining Information Needs: Interviews with Stakeholders.
  • MethodsResults; Summary; Chapter Five- Assessing the Adequacy of Current Information: A Survey of Online Sources; Methods; Results; Summary; Chapter Six- Synthesis, Conclusions, and Recommendations; Synthesis; Conclusions; Recommendations; Appendix A- Organizations Interviewed; Appendix B- Interview Guide; Appendix C- List of Online Sources; References.