Germs, governance, and global public health in the wake of SARS.
A revolution in the governance of global infectious disease threats is under way, accelerated by events triggered by the outbreak of SARS in 2003. This review article analyzes pre-SARS trends in the governance of infectious diseases, examines the impact of the SARS outbreak on these trends, and posits that germ governance is now a criterion of "good governance" in world affairs.
Fidler
David P
DP
Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA. dfidler@indiana.edu
D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000639:trends; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health / Q000639:trends; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000639:trends; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D014944:World Health Organization