“We Must Not Be Caught Sleeping.” Pandemic Futures, the WHO, and Global Preparedness Plans in the 1990s and Early 2000s

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)257-271
Number of pages15
JournalNew Global Studies
Volume18
Issue number3
Early online date2 Apr 2024
Publication statusPublished - 2024

Abstract

Preparing for the next pandemic became not only a national task, but a problem with international, even global dimensions. No single nation on its own is able to stop the next pandemic; no borders are strong enough to keep microbial threats outside the nation-state’s territory.

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    COVID-19, disaster planning, futurism, past futures, world health organization

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“We Must Not Be Caught Sleeping.” Pandemic Futures, the WHO, and Global Preparedness Plans in the 1990s and Early 2000s. / Voges, Jonathan.
In: New Global Studies, Vol. 18, No. 3, 2024, p. 257-271.

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Voges J. “We Must Not Be Caught Sleeping.” Pandemic Futures, the WHO, and Global Preparedness Plans in the 1990s and Early 2000s. New Global Studies. 2024;18(3):257-271. Epub 2024 Apr 2. doi: 10.1515/ngs-2024-0013
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