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THE SECURITISATION OF COMMUNICABLE VIRAL DISEASES IN THE 21ST CENTURY: AGROWING HUMAN SECURITY DANGER IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD
| Abstract: Inter-state relations over the past few decades have witnessed remarkable changes which consequently have generated myriad of problems for the international community. Foremost is globalization, which in the process of engineering the liberal integration of nation-states, has brought upon mankind diverse global health risks. Since the beginning of 21st Century, countries across the world have been engrossed on diverse geographical frontiers in the fight against the Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV)/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome(AIDS)as well as other communicable viral diseases ranging from the Ebola Virus Disease(EVD) in Sub-Saharan Africa, Avian Influenza(AI)and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS-CoV) in South East Asia, the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in the Arabian peninsula and lastly the Zika Virus (ZIKV) in South America. This paper therefore takes a critical look at the threat of these viral diseases by national, sub-regional, regional and international actors while at the same time, proffering possible measures that could be undertaken to effectively combat and eradicate these contagious viral diseases both now and in the nearest future. Furthermore, it provides up-to-date information on the dangers of infectious viral diseases in 21st century inter-state relations and how public health risk has been managed by securitizing actors. |
| Keywords: communicable viral diseases, threat, globalization, international relations, human security, United Nations (UN), World Health Organisation (WHO). |
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