Managing Global Health Security: The World Health Organization and Disease Outbreak Control

Drawing on insights from international organization and securitization theory, the author investigates the World Health Organization and how its approach to global health security has changed and adapted since its creation in 1948. He also examines the organization's prospects for managing global health security now and into the future.

Author: A. Kamradt-Scott
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 01/01/2015
Pages: 233
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.40h x 7.70w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781349350438

About the Author

Adam Kamradt-Scott is Senior Lecturer in International Security Studies at the Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney, Australia. He is also the Humanities Precinct Leader for the Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity. Before joining academia, Adam previously worked as a health professional, political adviser, and government official.