Adam Kamradt-Scott is Senior Lecturer in International Security Studies at the Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney, Australia. He is also the Humanities Precinct Leader for the Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity. Before joining academia, Adam previously worked as a health professional, political adviser, and government official.

"This book investigates the extent to which the WHO has fulfilled its disease eradication mission and has utilised the health-as-security discourse to reframe its public health mandate. ... This book is highly recommended for those who are interested in the key role of the WHO in managing global health security." (Lai-Ha Chan, Australian Institute of International Affairs, July, 2016) "Kamradt-Scott (Univ. of Sydney, Australia) carefully describes the history of the World Health Organization (WHO), reminding detractors that the agency's mission has remained steady across the decades and that it has, on the whole, performed its vital functions admirably. ... This informative, scholarly book will be of particular interest to those in public health and public policy programs. ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, professionals." (K. H. Jacobsen, Choice, Vol. 53 (5), January, 2016)

• Introduction 1. The Legal Basis For The WHO's Global Health Security Mandate And Authority 2. The WHO's Classical Approach To Disease Eradication 3. Securitization And SARS: A New Framing? 4. New Powers For A New Age? Revising And Updating The IHR 5. Pandemic Influenza: 'The Most Feared Security Threat' 6. Global Health Security And Its Discontents Concluding Remarks