Full Description
The capacity to conduct international disease outbreak surveillance and share information about outbreaks quickly has empowered both State and Non-State Actors to take an active role in stopping the spread of disease by generating new technical means to identify potential pandemics through the creation of shared reporting platforms. Despite all the rhetoric about the importance of infectious disease surveillance, the concept itself has received relatively little critical attention from academics, practitioners, and policymakers. This book asks leading contributors in the field to engage with five key issues attached to international disease outbreak surveillance - transparency, local engagement, practical needs, integration, and appeal - to illuminate the political effect of these technologies on those who use surveillance, those who respond to surveillance, and those being monitored.
Contents
Introduction: A Study of the Politics of Surveillance and Responses to Disease Outbreaks, Sara E. Davies, Jeremy R. Youde; Chapter 1 Surveillance, Response, and Responsibilities in the 2005 International Health Regulations, Sara E. Davies, Jeremy R. Youde; Chapter 2 The Revised International Health Regulations and Outbreak Response, Simon Rushton, Adam Kamradt-Scott; Chapter 3 Risk Perception, Assessment, and Management in Responses to Pandemic Influenza, Theresa Seetoh, Marco Liverani, Richard Coker; Chapter 4 Biosurveillance, Human Rights, and the Zombie Plague, Jeremy R. Youde; Chapter 5 GPHIN Phase 3: One Mandate, Multiple Stakeholders, Abla Mawudeku, Philip AbdelMalik, Richard Lemay, Louise Boily; Chapter 6 A Review of Web-based Epidemic Detection, Nigel H. Collier; Chapter 7 GPHIN, GOARN, GONE? The Role of the World Health Organization in Global Disease Surveillance and Response, Clare Wenham; Chapter 8 Insights into Surveillance from the Influenza Virus and Benefit Sharing Controversy, Frank L. SmithIII; Chapter 9 Biosurveillance as National Policy: The United States' National Strategy for Biosurveillance, Jeremy R. Youde; Chapter 10 Strengthening National Health Systems' Capacity to Respond to Future Global Pandemics, Jennifer S. Edge, Steven J. Hoffman; conclusion Conclusion, Sara E. Davies, Jeremy R. Youde;
