BookWeizhong Yang, editor.
Summary: This book systematically assesses the risk of 21 major infectious diseases threatening BRI countries. It consists of 14 chapters. Chapter 1 is an overview. Chapter 2 introduces the history of health cooperation between China and other BRI countries. Chapters 3-14 introduce the prevalence of major infectious diseases threatening BRI countries such as cholera, vaccine preventable diseases (polio, measles, meningitis, Japanese encephalitis, diphtheria, hepatitis A), tuberculosis, influenza, and insect-borne diseases (Dengue fever, Zika virus disease, yellow fever, Chikungunya, Rift Valley fever), plague, malaria, Ebola virus disease, MERS, schistosomiasis, COVID-19 and AIDS, and risk factors, principles and cases of their prevention and control. It is a useful reference book in the research of infectious disease control and prevention, and provides historical experience and lessons learned. It also provides decision support for international cooperation among BRI countries in the field of epidemic prevention and control in the future.
Contents:
1 Introduction
2 Health Cooperation between China and Other Belt and Road Countries
3 Cholera Risk Assessment, Control and Prevention
4 Risk Assessment and Control on Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
5 Risks of Tuberculosis Prevention and Control
6 The Risk and Prevention and Control of Influenza
7 The Risk, Prevention, and Control of Arthropod-borne Infectious Diseases
8 Plague Risk and Prevention
9 Malaria Risk and Control
10 Ebola Virus Disease Risk and Control
11 Risk and Prevention of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
12 Schistosomiasis Risk and Prevention
13 COVID-19 Risk and Control
14 Risk of AIDS and Its Prevention and Control.