Library and Academic Services: Global Health: Communicable Diseases &amp; Pandemics

Communicable Diseases & Pandemics

Websites, reports and papers

Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response (Canada)
All levels of government in Canada help to protect the health of Canadians from threats as part of their efforts to promote health and prevent disease. Local, provincial and territorial authorities do much of that work with federal government support from the Public Health Agency of Canada's Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response (CEPR).
Emergency and Pandemic Preparedness (CNA)
Emergency preparedness and response is essential for preserving health and safety in our communities. As Canada’s largest and most trusted group of health-care providers, registered nurses are involved in all stages of emergency management, including prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.

CNA Position Statement - Emergency Preparedness and Response
Public Health (Canada)
The Public Health Agency of Canada empowers Canadians to improve their health. In partnership with others, its activities focus on preventing disease and injuries, promoting good physical and mental health, and providing information to support informed decision-making...

Library resources

American PandemicThe Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic by Nancy K. Bristow
Publication Date: 2017
Between the years 1918 and1920, influenza raged around the globe in the worst pandemic in recorded history, killing at least fifty million people, more than half a million of them Americans. Yet despite the devastation, this catastrophic event seems but a forgotten moment in our nation's past.American...
Unprepared: Global Health in a Time of Emergency by Andrew Lakoff
Publication Date: 2017
Recent years have witnessed an upsurge in global health emergencies--from SARS to pandemic influenza to Ebola to Zika. Each of these occurrences has sparked calls for improved health preparedness. In Unprepared, Andrew Lakoff follows the history of health preparedness from its beginnings in 1950s Cold War civil defence to the early twenty-first century...
Pandemics, Pills, and Politics by Stefan Elbe
Publication Date: 2018
A pill can strengthen national security? The suggestion may seem odd, but many states around the world believe precisely that. Confronted with pandemics, bioterrorism, and emerging infectious diseases, governments are transforming their security policies to include the proactive development...
Fault Lines of Care: Gender, HIV, and Global Health in Bolivia by Carina Heckert
Publication Date: 2018
The HIV epidemic in Bolivia has received little attention on a global scale in light of the country's low HIV prevalence rate. In Fault Lines of Care, Heckert provides a detailed examination of the effects of global health and governmental policy decisions on the everyday lives of people living with HIV in Santa Cruz...
Children As Caregivers: The Global Fight Against Tuberculosis and HIV in Zambia by Jean Hunleth
Publication Date: 2017
In Zambia, due to the rise of tuberculosis and the closely connected HIV epidemic, a large number of children have experienced the illness or death of at least one parent. Children as Caregivers examines how well intentioned practitioners fail to realize that children take on active caregiving roles when their guardians become seriously ill ...
Twelve Diseases That Changed Our World by Irwin w. Sherman
Location: RA 649 .S44 2007 (Located at NDC)
Covers the history of twelve important diseases and addresses public health responses and societal upheavals. Chronicles the ways disease outbreaks shaped traditions and institutions of Western civilization. Explains the effects, causes, and outcomes from past epidemics. Describes a dozen diseases to show how disease control either was achieved or failed. Makes clear the interrelationship between diseases and history...

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