The Politics of Surveillance and Response to Disease Outbreaks

Detecting, monitoring and responding to infectious disease outbreaks can be a high-stakes and deeply politicised process. Davies and Youde have assembled a diverse and impressive cast of contributors to a timely and informative volume. The fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives it offers warrant careful reading by scholars and decision-makers worldwide. Christian Enemark, Aberystwyth University, UK The Politics of Surveillance and Response to Disease Outbreaks addresses a topic central to global health security but still underexplored in academic and policy communities. The contributors to the volume have done an excellent job examining how the revised IHR and technological revolution have transformed the policy context for disease surveillance and how states seek to improve their policy practice through politically attuned surveillance principles. Yanzhong Huang, Council on Foreign Relations and Seton Hall University, USA

Sara E. Davies is ARC Future Fellow and QUT Vice-Chancellor Research Fellow at the Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology. Jeremy R. Youde is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota Duluth, USA.

Introduction: A Study of the Politics of Surveillance and Responses to Disease Outbreaks, Sara E. Davies, Jeremy R. Youde; Chapter 1 Surveillance, Response, and Responsibilities in the 2005 International Health Regulations, Sara E. Davies, Jeremy R. Youde; Chapter 2 The Revised International Health Regulations and Outbreak Response, Simon Rushton, Adam Kamradt-Scott; Chapter 3 Risk Perception, Assessment, and Management in Responses to Pandemic Influenza, Theresa Seetoh, Marco Liverani, Richard Coker; Chapter 4 Biosurveillance, Human Rights, and the Zombie Plague, Jeremy R. Youde; Chapter 5 GPHIN Phase 3: One Mandate, Multiple Stakeholders, Abla Mawudeku, Philip AbdelMalik, Richard Lemay, Louise Boily; Chapter 6 A Review of Web-based Epidemic Detection, Nigel H. Collier; Chapter 7 GPHIN, GOARN, GONE? The Role of the World Health Organization in Global Disease Surveillance and Response, Clare Wenham; Chapter 8 Insights into Surveillance from the Influenza Virus and Benefit Sharing Controversy, Frank L. SmithIII; Chapter 9 Biosurveillance as National Policy: The United States National Strategy for Biosurveillance, Jeremy R. Youde; Chapter 10 Strengthening National Health Systems Capacity to Respond to Future Global Pandemics, Jennifer S. Edge, Steven J. Hoffman; conclusion Conclusion, Sara E. Davies, Jeremy R. Youde;