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Preparedness is Nine-Tenths of Prevention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

Jack Woodall
Jack Woodall*
Affiliation:
World Health Organization, Switzerland
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Abstract

Wheelis's idea of a global network of “epidemiological watch towers” is a great one, but I do not see any realistic prospect of getting adequate multilateral funding for such a network if its avowed main aim is to deter biological warfare (BW). To accelerate our understanding of disease processes—yes; to enhance microbiological technology transfer—yes. The BW watchtower function would be an incidental but very desirable side effect.

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Roundtable Commentaries
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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , August 1992 , pp. 194 - 195
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Copyright © Association for Politics and the Life Sciences 

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References

WHO (1990) draft documents. Emergency Preparedness and Response. Rapid Health Assessment in Epidemics: First Steps ERO/EPR/90.1.2; Rapid Health Assessment in Meningitis Outbreaks ERO/EPR/90.1.3; … in Outbreaks of Viral Haemorrhagic Fever, Including Yellow Fever ERO/EPR/90.1.4; … in Outbreaks of Acute Diarrhoeal Disease ERO/EPR/90.1.5.Google Scholar