This book provides readers with a conceptual and applied understanding of the role of risk management in public health issues. In recent years, public health emergencies of international concern have occurred frequently, such as COVID-19 pandemic and multi-country outbreak of monkeypox. Due to the diversity of pathogens, epidemic uncertainty, rapid transmission, extensive impact, and difficulty in governance of emerging infectious diseases, there is a great threat to global health, security and economy. With the development of science and technology, new technologies have also been applied to respond to major public health events, such as big data analysis and active monitoring technology, which have also played an important role in risk management of COVID-19. The progress of health data science has enriched the practice of preparedness and response to major global public health issues. In addition to classic theory and practice on risk management, this book introduces new progresson theories and practices of risk management in public health. The ten chapters are organized under two parts including theories and practices in major public health issues.

This book is an essential and timely resource for public health managers, donors, practitioners, organizations, researchers, teachers who are interested and engaged in prevention and control on public health issues and risk management. These audiences should benefit from this approach as the book highlights the theory and practice of public health risk management from a more comprehensive perspective, which were seldom covered before.

Auteur

Jue Liu, PhD is a Senior Research Fellow at the School of Public Health, Peking University, deputy director of Peking University Health Science Center-Weifang Joint Center for Maternal and Child Health, and senior visiting scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her research interests are mainly in prevention, control and management on infectious diseases. She acted as Principal Investigator of more than 30 national projects and has published more than 100 papers as first or corresponding author, including Lancet, BMJ, etc.. She is the member of the Expert panel of COVID-19 in the National Health Commission of China, Deputy Secretary General of the Professional Committee on Public Health Safety of the Society for Public Safety Science and Technology, and Executive Director and Deputy Secretary General of the Risk Management Branch of the China Association for Optimal Selection and Economic Mathematics. She has served in the Expert Advisory Committee of the Chinese Delegation to the World Health Assembly and the Executive Committee of the World Health Organization since 2020