GLOBAL DISEASES AND THEIR IMPACT ON HEALTH SECURITY
GLOBAL DISEASES AND THEIR IMPACT ON HEALTH SECURITY

Author(s): Maria-Victorița TĂNĂSELEA (CĂLUGĂRU)
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Sociology, Security and defense, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: health security; disease; armed conflict; illness; death;
Summary/Abstract: Health security faces ongoing threats from biological, chemical, nuclear, radiological, cyber, and environmental factors; the utilization of any of these agents endangers public integrity and safety through the rapid and devastating effects they can induce. Infectious diseases are well-documented contributors to the deterioration of health security, impacting large population segments and leading to significant morbidity and mortality, particularly under conditions of armed conflict, where they are exacerbated by unsanitary living conditions, troop movements, and limited access to medical care. Diseases such as measles, bubonic plague, exanthematous typhus, Spanish influenza, and Ebola have marked human history with high mortality rates and significant damage caused by biological agents. These pathogens remain present today, posing an ongoing risk in the event of renewed outbreaks.

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