Fighting Health Security Threats Requires a Cross-Border Approach

Fighting Advanced Threats - R5

Cybercriminals today are organized, sophisticated and have powerful resources at their fingertips. In most cases, attacks are initiated with specific targets and objectives in mind. The aim is to infiltrate hosts in networks and steal valuable data. The data may be personal information, accounts or intellectual property. This information can be used for future attacks (second stage) to further ...

Reflections on Health Tourism and Cross-Border Health Care

A Public Health Preparedness Logic Model: Assessing Preparedness for Cross-border Threats in the European Region

Improving preparedness in the European region requires a clear understanding of what European Union (EU) member states should be able to do, whether acting internally or in cooperation with each other or the EU and other multilateral organizations. We have developed a preparedness logic model that specifies the aims and objectives of public health preparedness, as well as the response capabilit...

Protecting the Nation from Health Security Threats

Events in the United States and internationally have shown the kinds of great stakes and consequences that often follow epidemics and disasters. Consider the series of health security shocks since 2001: National fear during the anthrax letters events, with impact on all 3 branches of the US government. The respiratory transmissible SARS and MERS viruses spreading via airplanes and hospitals, so...

Health and human security in border regions.

Region of the Americas has a very large equity gap, and the United States– Mexico border is no exception, as indicated by the gradient between the two countries and between communities along both sides of the border. For example, the average household income in San Diego, California, United States (US$ 60 000), is about double that in McAllen, Texas, United States (US$ 30 000), and there is an ...