The 2009 pandemic of influenza A (H1N1) was relatively mild, but a subsequent outbreak of pandemic influenza could be much worse. According to projections from the Department of Health and Human Services, the potential health consequences of a severe (1918-like) influenza pandemic in the United...

This paper reviews the history of the practice of quarantines, rediscovering the 19th century 'Sanitarian' movement in Britain that sprang from a recognition that quarantines had failed to stop the spread of diseases and were not cost-effective. To our knowledge, the key figure among the...

Chapter 1. Overview of Public Health Risk, Jue Liu -- Chapter 2. Theory and Approaches of Public Health Risk Assessment for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Jue Liu -- Chapter 3. Theory and Approaches of Public Health Risk Assessment for Major Infectious Diseases, Jue Liu -- Chapter 4. Public...

The book is based on original data and field studies from Brazil, Thailand, India and Sub-Saharan Africa. Focusing on the issue of universal and free access to treatment (a goal now taken to heart by the international community), it assesses the progress made and presents a rigorous diagnosis of...

Die Gesundheitswirtschaft besitzt eine Schlüsselstellung für die Zukunft von Le‐bensqualität, Arbeit und Wettbewerbsfähig‐keit in Nordrhein‐Westfalen. Gesundheits‐wirtschaft zielt darauf, das Verhältnis von „Gesundheit“ und „Wirtschaft“ zum gesell‐schaftlichen Nutzen...

Seltene Erkrankungen betreffen zu über 70Prozent Kinder, sind vielfach chronisch und oftmit schweren Beeinträchtigungen derLebensqualität oder gar tödlichem Verlaufverbunden.Seltene Erkrankungen sind nicht wirklichselten: ca. 4 Mio. Betroffene in Deutschlandleiden an einer der 6000‐8000...