Protection against public health emergencies

Author: Niu Qiao
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: In recent years, international tourism has grown rapidly, with a surge in population mobility and accelerated urbanization. However, corresponding improvements in sanitation facilities have not kept pace, leading to severe ecological damage and frequent outbreaks of major public health emergencies. These include major infectious disease outbreaks, mass unexplained illnesses, significant food poisoning incidents, major occupational poisoning events, biological terrorist attacks, and leaks of radioactive materials or nuclear accidents. These events have caused immense harm to the health of the public. This book is written by experts and professors in the field to provide timely, effective, and correct guidance for handling these public health emergencies. Once a public health emergency occurs, the effectiveness of its control hinges on prompt, accurate, and efficient responses. However, such emergencies are generally highly hazardous, and their containment largely depends on the effective protection of personnel, particularly healthcare workers and other relevant personnel involved in on-site incident management. Effective protection can be said to be the foundation for handling public events. Therefore, we have gathered several experts in public health and related fields to compile this book, "Protective Measures for Public Health Emergencies," hoping it will provide assistance to those involved in managing such incidents.