Diseases do not recognize national borders, and as we are gradually learning, failure to
govern health effectively at a global level profoundly affects us all. This book is about how …

Travel, tourism and epidemics are intrinsically linked. Although travel may significantly
contribute to the actual paths an infection may take, the former may eventually become the …

Threats posed by new, emerging or re-emerging communicable diseases are taking a
global dimension, to which the World Health Organization (WHO) Secretariat has been …

No formal system exists to review trade restrictions imposed during international public
health emergencies rapidly. Failure to put one in place creates disincentives for surveillance …

In the early hours of 15 March 2003, Dr Hoe Nam Leong was returning to Singapore from
New York with his pregnant wife and mother-in-law on Singapore Airlines flight SQ25. The …

The great majority of people in developing countries depend on the informal economy for
their livelihoods. In countries that rely heavily on tourism, pandemics and related …

This phenomenological study's purpose was threefold: to detail the experiences of social
workers practicing in a hospital environment affected by severe acute respiratory syndrome …

The main focus in this article is on the SARS event as a political process, involving political
leaders, administrators and health professionals. How can we understand the reactions to …

SARS is the first major new infectious disease in the 21st century (Rodier, 2003) and is
described as a" serious disaster" in mainland China where it caused unprecedented panic …

Freedom of movement is undoubtedly a fundamental international right. However,
circumstances may arise where that right must be curtailed. Was the 2003 SARS outbreak in …