Level 2 - Details on Global Public Health Threats

• 1. Introduction: Health Risks in a Globalized World
• 2. What steps were taken to contain disease outbreaks in the past?
  • 2.1 How effective was quarantine against the plague?
  • 2.2 How can sanitation prevent the spread of cholera?
  • 2.3 How was smallpox eradicated and why is it still a threat?
  • 2.4 Why were International Health Regulations established and strengthened?
• 3. How is human behavior undermining collective health?
  • 3.1 What can be the consequences of a false sense of security?
  • 3.2 How can armed conflict weaken health systems?
  • 3.3 Why is antibiotic resistance a growing concern?
  • 3.4 How can rearing animals lead to disease transmission?
  • 3.5 How can changes in climatic conditions threaten public health?
  • 3.6 What are the consequences of disasters like Chernobyl or Bhopal?
• 4. Which new health threats have emerged in recent years?
  • 4.1 How did Anthrax letters reveal a new bioterrorist risk?
  • 4.2 How vulnerable are we to emerging diseases such as SARS?
  • 4.3 How can the transport and dumping of wastes endanger public health?
  • 4.4 What is the role of the media in our perception of health risks?
• 5. Why is influenza the most worrisome potential global health emergency?
  • 5.1 How many people are affected by seasonal influenza?
  • 5.2 What has been the response to the new threat of avian influenza?
  • 5.3 How does WHO prepare for a worldwide outbreak?
• 6. Why is drug-resistant tuberculosis a growing public health concern?
• 7. Why is polio still a threat?
• 8. Conclusion: strengthening global health security
  • 8.1 What strategy would strengthen global health security?
  • 8.2 What specific steps would improve global health security?