Essays about: "global health security"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 34 essays containing the words global health security.

  1. 21. Multifunctionality of urban community agriculture in Belo Horizonte, Brazil practice and politics : practice and politics

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Sofie Olsson; [2016]
    Keywords : agroecology; Belo Horizonte; Brazil; farmers’ perceptions; multifunctionality; systems thinking; urban agriculture;

    Abstract : As the food system is becoming increasingly global, and the world’s population increasingly urban, food is disconnected from people and place. This causes a range of social, economic, and environmental problems such as public health issues, disruption of livelihoods, and biodiversity loss. READ MORE

  3. 22. Securitizing Communicable Disease: A case study of discursive threat-construction during the 2014 Ebola epidemic

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Elvira Sophia Schröder; [2015]
    Keywords : Securitization; global public health; Ebola virus disease; Copenhagen School; discourse analysis;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to explore the securitization of communicable disease in the case of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa 2014. Applying the Copenhagen School’s theory of securitization, this thesis conducted a discourse analysis of speech acts occurring at different levels of the global community in relation to the outbreak. READ MORE

  4. 23. Afrikansk svinpest hos vildsvin : ett hot mot svensk grisproduktion?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Josefine Bengtsson; [2015]
    Keywords : afrikansk svinpest; vildsvin; Sus scrofa; population; African swine fever; wild boar;

    Abstract : Afrikansk svinpest är en av de allvarligaste grissjukdomarna och är på frammarsch i östra Europa. Under 2000-talet har det oerhört tåliga afrikanska svinpestviruset med hög morbiditet och mortalitet spridits från Afrika till Kaukasusregionen och angränsande europeiska länder där den utgör en stor risk för den globala grisindustrin. READ MORE

  5. 24. Innovation in Healthcare, An analysis of the regional preconditions in Skåne for innovation in digital healthcare.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Oskar Fällman Karlsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Digital healthcare; eHealth; healthcare; innovation; Skåne; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The upcoming changes in the demographic structure will put pressure on the healthcare system in Skåne. Tax financed hospitals with more beds, doctors, nurses and other personnel will not be the solution to cope with the upcoming demands. Increasing healthcare productivity is one way, where digital healthcare is a potential part of the solution. READ MORE

  6. 25. Tax Motivated Transfer Pricing

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Shirley Ye Ekström; Loris Dall; Darja Nikolajeva; [2014]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Multinational Corporations (MNCs) or Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) are of great importance in the global economy. A great amount of international trade is either between multinational corporations or within a multinational corporation, which is called intra-firm trade. Therefore, intra-firm trade is also of importance in the global economy. READ MORE