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Is Australia prepared for the next pandemic?
Author(s) -
McVer Jodie,
Sorrell Tania C,
Firman Jenny,
Murphy Brendan,
Lewin Sharon R
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja16.01451
Subject(s) - biostatistics , government (linguistics) , library science , publishing , medicine , pandemic , public health , sociology , media studies , covid-19 , political science , law , infectious disease (medical specialty) , nursing , disease , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , computer science
nfectious diseases continue to threaten global health security, despite decades of advances in hygiene, Ivaccination and antimicrobial therapies. Population growth, widespread international travel and trade, political instability and climate change have caused rapid changes in human populations, wildlife and agriculture, in turn increasing the risk of infection transmission within and between countries and from animal species. New human pathogens have emerged, and previously “controlled” diseases have re-emerged or expanded their range. In the past decade alone, the global community has experienced infection outbreaks of pandemic influenza, Ebola and Zika viruses and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).