Avian influenza : science, policy and politics /

"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. Acros...

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Outros Autores: Scoones, Ian
Formato: Livro
Idioma:English
Publicado em: London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2010.
Colecção:Pathways to sustainability series
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Sumário:
  • The international response to avian influenza: science, policy and politics
  • Unpacking the international response to avian influenza: actors, networks and narratives
  • Cambodia's patient zero: global and national responses to highly pathogenic avian influenza
  • Power, politics and accountability: Vietnam's response to avian influenza
  • On a wing and a prayer: avian influenza in Indonesia
  • Avian influenza control in Thailand: balancing the interests of different poultry producers
  • Towards a one world, one health approach.