health security
Protection from illness
Health security is the protection of populations from threats to their health, particularly infectious disease outbreaks, bioterrorism, and public health emergencies.
The term frames health as a matter of national or global security rather than just individual welfare: The pandemic exposed gaps in our health security infrastructure.
Health security concerns drive policies on disease surveillance, medical stockpiles, and emergency response systems.
- pandemic planningPreparing for disease outbreaks
- contact tracingTracking disease spread connections
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
- disaster managementCoordinating response to catastrophes
- epidemiologyStudy of disease spread
herd immunity · surveillance · quarantine · border screening · travel bans · rapid response teams · stockpiling · personal protective equipment · international treaties · emergency drills · first aid training · bioterrorism · WHO · risk assessment · contingency planning · hygiene · biosecurity · early warning systems
- global healthdisease, pandemic, medications, pandemics, epidemic
- health policyhealthcare policy, Affordable Care Act, healthcare reform, Medicare, healthcare law
- quarantinemandatory quarantine, quarantine period, quarantine facilities, quarantine laws, quarantine stations
health securityhealth crisis
Urgent widespread medical threat
public health emergency · pandemic · epidemic · disease outbreak · plague
health, security, healthy, healthier, healthiest, healthily, healthiness, unhealthy, healthful