Global Health Security Demands a Strong International Health Regulations Treaty and Leadership from a Highly Resourced World Health Organization

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 568-580

  Burkle, Frederick M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola; epidemics; foreign medical teams; global health security; GOARN; humanitarian assistance; International Health Regulations Treaty; pandemics; World Health Association

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEADERSHIP; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA, WESTERN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEADERSHIP; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84948583828     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2015.26     Document Type: Review

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