POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Zoonosis, Global Health, Global Governance
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Sars: sars severe acute respiratory syndrome, rise of non-communicable diseases, receding of germs, immunization, early 2003: in guangzhou outbreak, 1/3rd of infected patients were health care workers. I n perspective : november 2002 to july 2003, 8098 people worldwide probably had sars in 29 countries, & 774 died, canada: 438 probable cases, 44 deaths (all in torontonians) Learning from sars: renewal of public health in canada. Isolating the public health and focusing on acute response was foolish because all health care is essential (engaging in community, helping to stop the spread of disease: global health system only as strong as its weakest link. H1n1 2009-10 (use of anti-virals, & quarantine responses led to radically lower flu outbreaks) Unprecedented politics: mitigating risk in an uncertain world (wong) politics in abnormal times in which we don"t know what is going on, when there"s uncertainty (for example we are seeing this in japan r ight now)
