Book contents
- Understanding International Security
- Reviews
- Understanding International Security
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 International Security: The Historical Evolution of a Discipline
- Part I Security in Theory
- Part II The Traditional Security Agenda
- Part III A Wider and Deeper Security Agenda
- 15 Cybersecurity and Cyberwar
- 16 Environmental Security
- 17 Energy Security
- 18 The Global Financial System and Economic Security
- 19 Global Public Health and Security
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- References
19 - Global Public Health and Security
from Part III - A Wider and Deeper Security Agenda
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Book contents
- Understanding International Security
- Reviews
- Understanding International Security
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 International Security: The Historical Evolution of a Discipline
- Part I Security in Theory
- Part II The Traditional Security Agenda
- Part III A Wider and Deeper Security Agenda
- 15 Cybersecurity and Cyberwar
- 16 Environmental Security
- 17 Energy Security
- 18 The Global Financial System and Economic Security
- 19 Global Public Health and Security
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- References
Summary
Global public health is now seen as a security issue by many nations across the globe. Aside from naturally occurring outbreaks of infectious disease, deliberate attacks involving biological agents have emerged as a major security concern and a source of public anxiety in recent decades. Though many public health and security experts now recognize that effective prevention and response to these threats depend on building resilient public health systems around the world and international cooperation in maintaining them, it is unclear that the kind of sustained political will and economic resources exist to address such a massive undertaking that would need to take a holistic approach to human security and incorporate measures addressing: poverty; food insecurity; environmental degradation; lack of access to basic health-care services; adequate education; housing; sanitation and clean water; as well as more conventional aspects of security.
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- Understanding International SecurityTheory and Practice, pp. 380 - 399Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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