Publisher's Synopsis
Global public health is under constant strain, due to recent, ongoing, and potential global health crises especially in connection with emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. The past few decades have witnessed an unprecedented eruption of pandemics and epidemics spurred by globalization, climate change and population explosion. PANDEMICS AND GLOBAL HEALTH portrays a bird's eye view about pandemics and global public health in the 21st century. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused untold human suffering, social upheavals and a crippled economy which have wreaked havoc globally. This book is useful for academicians, policymakers, scholars, researchers, health professionals and people involved in combating epidemics and pandemics.
