PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- FIGURE -- TABLES -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Chapter One DISEASE AND HUMAN SECURITY -- THE CHANGING NATURE OF SECURITY IN THE POST- COLD WAR ERA -- THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN SECURITY -- THE TRANSNATIONAL SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE AS A THREAT TO HUMAN SECURITY -- Chapter Two FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCREASED INCIDENCE AND SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES -- GLOBALIZATION -- MODERN MEDICAL PRACTICES -- ACCELERATING URBANIZATION -- ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS -- CHANGES IN SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS -- Chapter Three AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA: EXTENT, IMPLICATIONS, AND RESPONSE -- WHAT IS AIDS? -- SCOPE AND SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA -- MAIN FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA -- Heterosexual Sex -- Low Status of Women -- Prostitution -- Sexual Abuse and Violence -- Prevalent Risk-Prone Attitudes -- IMPACT ON SOUTH AFRICA -- The Human Cost -- The Economic Impact -- The Social Cost -- Military Preparedness -- Civil Law and Order and Crime -- THE RESPONSE TO THE HIV/AIDS CRISIS IN SOUTH AFRICA -- The Government Response -- Nongovernmental Responses -- THE INTERNATIONAL RELEVANCE OF THE HIV/AIDS CRISIS IN SOUTH AFRICA -- Chapter Four U.S. SECURITY AND THE RISK POSED BY INFECTIOUS DISEASES -- IMPACT AND SPREAD OF DISEASE IN THE UNITED STATES -- FACTORS AFFECTING THE SCOPE AND SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN THE UNITED STATES -- Globalization-Travel, Migration, and Trade -- Changes in Agricultural Practice -- Behavioral Changes -- Misuse of Antibiotics and Other Medicines -- Donated Blood Products -- Climatic Change -- Tainted Water Supplies -- Bioterrorism -- Chapter Five U.S. CAPABILITIES TO COUNTER INFECTIOUS DISEASES -- RESOURCES FOR FIGHTING INFECTIOUS DISEASE -- Surveillance and Detection -- Investigation -- Response (Prevention and Control).

OTHER FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND INTERAGENCY INITIATIVES -- Foodborne Disease -- Antimicrobial Drug Resistance -- Biodefense Resources for Countering Infectious Disease -- Research -- Global Surveillance and Response -- ASSESSMENT OF U.S. CAPABILITIES TO COUNTER INFECTIOUS DISEASES -- Surveillance -- Fiscal Neglect -- Personnel -- Lack of Experience with Exotic Infectious Diseases -- Shrinking Vaccine Production Capacity -- Insufficient Attention to the Provision of Global Healthcare Aid -- Lack of Coordination -- Chapter Six CONCLUSION -- Appendix CDC SURVEILLANCE AND COLLECTION SYSTEMS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.