Civil War & the Global Threat of Pandemics

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ID9685785
AuthorsPaul H Wise (0000-0002-7380-4347, corresponding author), Michèle Barry (0000-0001-9629-3642)
Year2017
Volume146
Issue4
Pages71-84
Publication date2017-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDaedalus (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-5266 • E-ISSN: 1548-6192
PublisherMIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1162/daed_a_00460
OpenAlexW2758493647
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited2

This essay confronts the collision of two potential global threats: the outbreak of infectious pandemics and the outbreak and protraction of civil wars. Specifically, it addresses the potential that civil wars can elevate the risk that an infectious outbreak will emerge; the possibility that civil wars can reduce the capacity to identify and respond to outbreaks; and the risk that outbreaks in areas of civil conflict can generate political and security challenges that may threaten regional and international order. Both global health governance and international security structures seem inadequate to address the health and security challenges posed by infectious outbreaks in areas of civil conflict. New approaches that better integrate the technical and political challenges inherent in preventing pandemics in areas of civil war are urgently required

Business · Civil society · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Corporate governance · Development economics · Disease · Economic growth · Economics · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Order (exchange · Outbreak · Pandemic · Political science · Politics · Spanish Civil War · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Law · Medicine · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research · Virology · Zoonotic diseases and public health

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