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Biocrisis - Defining Biological Threats in U.S. Policy (Hardcover)
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Biocrisis - Defining Biological Threats in U.S. Policy (Hardcover)
Series: Praeger Security International
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This book examines the recent intersection of national security and
public health regarding biological threats to the U.S. populace and
proposes improvements to the executive and legislative development
of U.S. policy addressing biological threat mitigation. Over the
last 20 years, the national security community has engaged with
disease-related issues that have traditionally been the scope of
public health agencies. The federal government's response has been
to create a single national biodefense strategy, which has been
largely ineffective in improving conditions due to poor
terminology, a lack of leadership, and a failure to assess
government programs. Applying a public policy framework, Albert J.
Mauroni examines how the government addresses biological
threats-including disease prevention, bioterrorism response,
military biodefense, biosurety, and agricultural biosecurity and
food safety. He proposes a new approach to countering biological
threats, arguing that lead agencies should focus on implementing
discrete portfolios with annual assessments against clear and
achievable objectives. Examines each of the five biological threat
sectors and identifies who develops and executes the policy for
those sectors, what funding they receive, how each policy area's
objectives are implemented, what congressional committees are
involved, and who advocates for them Covers policy evolution since
the beginning of the 21st century and identifies the major
milestones in biological threat mitigation Unveils the real issues
behind public health challenges, such as funding for disease
prevention programs Clarifies commonly misunderstood terminology,
such as health security, biosecurity, and biodefense
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