Meeting threats to global health - a call for American leadership
Meeting threats to global health - a call for American leadership
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DOI：
10.1353/pbm.2005.0067
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发表时间：
2005-06-01
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1
通讯作者：
Fox, RC
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作者：
Benatar, SR;Fox, RC
虽然生物医学的重大进展在个人健康方面取得了惊人的成果，但在整个人口的健康方面几乎没有改善。具有“回到未来”的讽刺意味的是，在21世纪世纪之初，大量“老”和“新”传染病的爆发和蔓延已成为对人类健康的最严重的全球威胁。在这个历史关头，美国是最有可能对全球卫生和医疗保健产生有利影响的国家。尽管有历史、文化、经济和政治因素阻碍美国应对这一挑战，但美国医学界和政府在面对悲剧性和种族灭绝性的健康挑战时发挥领导作用，既有道德责任，也有合理的长期自身利益基础，这些挑战威胁着日益相互依存的世界中的每个人。
Although the application of major biomedical advances has yielded spectacular results for individual health, there has been little improvement in the health of whole populations. There is a "back to the future" irony in the fact that at the inception of the 21st century, the eruption and spread of a multitude of "old" and "new" infectious diseases has become the most serious global threat to the health of humankind. At this historical juncture, the United States is the country with the most potential for favorably influencing global health and health care. Although there are historical, cultural, economic, and political factors that impede the United States from rising to this challenge, there is both a moral imperative and a rational long-term self-interest basis for the U.S. medical profession and government to exercise leadership in facing the health challenges of tragic and genocidal proportions that threaten everyone in an increasingly interdependent world.