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Avian Influenza - Science, Policy and Politics (Paperback)
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Avian Influenza - Science, Policy and Politics (Paperback)
Series: Pathways to Sustainability
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Over the past decade, substantial resources have been spent on
tackling avian influenza and building a global capacity for a
pandemic response. The catastrophic costs of the 1918 influenza
pandemic are well documented, and the swine flu pandemic of 2009-10
has raised the alarm yet again. Across the world, surveillance
systems have been upgraded, stockpiles of antiviral drugs and
influenza vaccines have been created, veterinary and public health
systems have been improved and poultry production and marketing has
been dramatically restructured. What are the lessons from this
experience? And what does this suggest for the future? This book
explores how virus genetics, ecology and epidemiology intersect
with economic, political and policy processes in a variety of
places - from Bangkok to Washington, to Jakarta, Cairo, Rome and
London. It focuses on the interaction of the international and
national responses - and in particular the experiences of Cambodia,
Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand. It asks how effective is the
disease surveillance and response system - can it respond to a new
pandemic threat? The comparative analysis reveals the challenges
and limitations of a technocratic, centralised response, and the
need to take seriously local contexts. Drawing from these
experiences, the book concludes with a discussion of future
prospects and challenges, examining in particular what a 'One
World, One Health' approach - where approaches to animal, human and
ecosystem health are integrated - would look like in practice.
Published in association with the Economic and Social Research
Council (ESRC).
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