Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Health Security
COVID-19 and Ensuring Future Pandemic Preparedness in Ireland and the World

Covers how small countries and island nations can ensure the events of 2020-21 never again affect their economic prosperity and functionality

Sebastian Kevany (Author), Aoife Kirk (Author)

9780323917056, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 23 September 2022

324 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.45 kg

Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Health Security: Ensuring Future Preparedness for Small Island Nations and the World reviews the many lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include epidemic preparedness, the politics of epidemics, health security, anti-vaccine campaigns, vaccine preparedness, the need for detailed information sharing and infection tracking versus protected health information, the effects on international relations, the need for intelligence assets to contribute to global health, and the development of biodefense shields.

1. The Politicization of Health
2. Fortress Ireland
3. What Have We Learned?
4. Lockdown Alternatives
5. Vaccine Preparedness
6. Anti-Vaccine Campaigns and the Irish Far Right: How Do We Respond?
7. Military Involvement in Vaccinations
8. Information Sharing
9. Original Responses
10. Lessons for Developing Countries
11. Health Security
12. Public Access to PHI
13. Medical Intelligence
14. Biodefense Shields
15. International Relations Implications

Subject Areas: Life sciences: general issues [PSA]