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The Evolving Infectious Disease Threat: Implications for national and global security

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This paper discusses the ways in which the sharply increased danger of bio-terrorism has made infectious diseases a priority in defence and intelligence circles. Against this background, the author sets out a central principle of global public health security: a strengthened capacity to detect and contain naturally caused outbreaks is the only rational way to defend the world against the threat of a bio-terrorist attack. He then discusses the three trends that underscore this point: vulnerability of all nations to epidemics, the capacity of a disease such as AIDS to undermine government and society, and the way in which the determinants of national security have been re-defined in the post-Cold War era.

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  • David Heymann, 2003. "The Evolving Infectious Disease Threat: Implications for national and global security," Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 4(2), pages 191-207.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jhudca:v:4:y:2003:i:2:p:191-207
    DOI: 10.1080/1464988032000087541
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    1. Bogdan Cwik, 2020. "The Personal Security of Inhabitants of Selected Countries in the Light of Research on the Perceiving of Threats Caused by the COVID-19 Virus," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(Special 2), pages 747-765.
    2. Parker, Melissa & Baluku, Moses & Ozunga, Bono E. & Okello, Bob & Kermundu, Peter & Akello, Grace & MacGregor, Hayley & Leach, Melissa & Allen, Tim, 2022. "Epidemics and the Military: Responding to COVID-19 in Uganda," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 314(C).

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