Title page -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Lecturers and Students -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Need for Strengthening National Public Health Preparedness and Response to CBR Agent Threats -- American Medical Association - Basic Disaster Life Support (BDLS) Course -- Healthcare Disasters: Local Preparedness, Global Response! -- Epidemiology -- Pivotal Steps to Building Global Health Security -- Improvement of an Integrated System of Disease Surveillance in Georgia Under International Cooperation -- Informatics -- Public Health Preparedness: I-Prevention and Global Health Network Supercourse -- Public Health Preparedness and Effective Access to Information: Getting the Most Out of Your PC -- Information Security Approaches to Provide Social System Continuity in Conditions of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Threats -- The Role of Information Technologies and Science in the Prevention of Bioterrorism -- Modeling and Simulation -- Using Modeling and Simulation in Planning for Public Health Emergencies -- Modeling Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC) CBRN Hazards: Novel Tools and Approaches for Strengthening the Conceptual Site Model for Public Health Preparedness -- Biological Agents -- Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever - A Biological Weapon? -- Chemical Agents -- Fundamentals of Preparedness Against Chemical Threats - Introduction -- Chemical Warfare Agents - Medical Aspects and Principles of Treatment, Part I - Nerve Agents -- Chemical Warfare Agents: Medical Aspects and Treatment Principles, Part II -- Chemical Warfare Agents: Weapons of Mass Destruction or Psychological Threats? -- The Psychological Effects of Biological Agents as Terrorist Weapons -- Radiological Agents -- Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation -- Special Topics.

A Framework to Understand the Centrality of Protection and Restoration of Ecosystem Services to Water Management and Preparedness: An All-Hazards Approach with Implications for NATO Plans and Operations -- Social Marketing as a Potentially Valuable Tool for Preparedness -- Including Diverse Populations with Unique Needs in Emergency Planning -- Author Index.