Germs, governance, and global public health in the wake of SARS
David P. Fidler
David P. Fidler
Published March 15, 2004
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2004;113(6):799-804. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI21328.
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Germs, governance, and global public health in the wake of SARS

Abstract

A revolution in the governance of global infectious disease threats is under way, accelerated by events triggered by the outbreak of SARS in 2003. This review article analyzes pre-SARS trends in the governance of infectious diseases, examines the impact of the SARS outbreak on these trends, and posits that germ governance is now a criterion of “good governance” in world affairs.

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David P. Fidler

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Horizontal germ governance focuses on infectious disease threats moving ...
Horizontal germ governance focuses on infectious disease threats moving between states through international trade and travel and developed through international sanitary conventions adopted in the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries; this approach is currently applied in the WHO’s IHR.