1. the spread of infectious disease
Infectious disease can be a threat
to security in three ways. First,
the spread of these diseases
could pose a direct threat to
the health and well-being of the
very people that states are there
to protect. Second, a virulent
disease may cause social
disruption and threaten
the stability of a state
in the event that
state failed to
provide
necessary
protection
against
disease. Third,
2. HIV/AIDS
The United Nations Security Council
has discussed about HIV/AIDS in its
sessions.
Security
Council
passed
resolution 1308 that
encompasses
that
HIV/AIDS can pose a
threat
to
national
security, to stability, to
uniformed mili taries and to
peacekeepers, and it can
also
exacerbate
conditions
of
violence. HIV
infection rates
are high among skilled professionals
including civil servants, teachers,
police, health workers, soldiers and
young adults. The following table by
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Establishing the disease-security links
Three factors contributed to link
health with security in the security
discourse:
a large scale epidemic may also
contribute to economic decline by
forcing
increased
government
spending on health as a percentage
of GDP; reducing productivity due to
worker absenteeism and the loss of
skilled
personnel;
reducing
investment due to a lack of business
confidence; and by raising insurance
costs for health provision. The
outbreak of SARS of 2002 to 2003
in Asia leads to the loss of trade and
investment as much as $30 billion.
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diseases
were
conquered
through the use of antibiotics.
After the Second World War, the
number of deaths in the West fell
dramatically in infectious diseases
and for the first time in history an
infectious disease, smallpox, was
effectively eradicated. Therefore,
global health became for the
West less of a security concern
than one of development.