Globalization, Global Health, and Disaster

Frontiers in Public Health

Rajendra Karkee¹ 

关键词: globalization;    global health;    earthquake;    Nepal;    disaster;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2015.00262

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Although Globalization is not a new phenomenon, it has been accelerating in recent years. The world is now more than ever interconnected and interdependent with flows of goods, capital, people, and ideas. This process has had positive as well as negative health effects (1), has become an important health determinant, and has accounted for the emergence of new concepts of “global health” (2). The importance of Globalization and its effect on global health often becomes highlighted during disasters, as in the case of a large scale earthquake or the emergence of a new infectious disease.

【 授权许可】

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