Control of Communicable Diseases as a Global Public Good

Abstract: The article aims at giving a comprehensive overview on controlling communicable diseases (CCD) and discusses the implications of providing CCD as a global public good (GPG). After a short introductory summary of the history of CCD, Sections "PUBLIC (COMMON) GOODS" and "GLOBAL PUBLIC GOODS" offer a concise definition of the concepts of "public goods" and "global public goods". Sections "INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS (1969–2005) AS A GPG" and "IHR (2005) AND CCD" critically analyse the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) as a means to provide CCD as a GPG, and argues that it falls short of that goal as (a) many countries are not able to provide the "Core Capacity Requirements for Surveillance and Response" because of severe deficits of their health systems, (b) the IHR do not include HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, etc. which are a constant threat in infested regions (and to international transmission) and may be called "chronic infectious diseases" and (c) ignore the i

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Med One ; 5 (2020) 1 ; 1-37

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste, Versicherungen

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2020
• Creator: Hein, Wolfgang

Further information

• DOI: 10.20900/mo20200002
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-69418-1
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 15.08.2025, 7:23 AM CEST