Risky Trade: Infectious Disease in the Era of Global Trade

by Ann Marie Kimball

Book Overview

The current value of global trade has reached a staggering annual figure of $6 trillion in merchandise crossing borders. Such prolific global trading has, at the same time, begun to raise fears of pandemics and concerns for global health. Yet, investment in public health infrastructure and disease control was never designed to cope with international trade of this volume and diversity. Indeed, most health systems lag far behind, especially in poor...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754642968
• ISBN13: 9780754642961
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"