Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health

What accounts for this resurgence in the study of infectious disease? The past century brought forth tremendous changes whereby further linking the world's populations together. The transition from subsistence farming to industrialization also generated profound changes in social and cultural relationships, and altered many people's connection with their natural environment. All of these factors have had implications for global health.

The most important ways that infectious diseases are affected by globalization include:

• Increased Global Travel
• Increased Trade in Goods
• Food-borne Illnesses
• Urbanization
• Climate Change
• Other Environmental Concerns
• Microbial Drug Resistance
• Breakdowns in Public Health Systems