It isn’t difficult to imagine how increases in international commerce and in the movement of people—two defining features of globalization—might influence health. More goods go more places today than at any (261)___________ in history. More people travel farther, more frequently, and come in contact with more people and goods, than at any point in history. This increased movement of both goods and people increases opportunities for the spread of disease around the world. And it’s not just goods ...

It isn’t difficult to imagine how increases in international commerce and in the movement of people—two defining features of globalization—might influence health. More goods go more places today than at any (261)___________ in history. More people travel farther, more frequently, and come in contact with more people and goods, than at any point in history.

This increased movement of both goods and people increases opportunities for the spread of disease around the world. And it’s not just goods and services that can travel across oceans and state borders—so can diseases like AIDS, malaria, or tuberculosis. The (262)___________ of BSE, or ―mad cow disease,‖ in several European countries is only one example of (263)___________trade can promote the spread of dangerous diseases. Mosquitoes that carry malaria have been found aboard planes thousands of miles from their primary habitats, and (264)___________ seafood carrying cholera bacteria have been shipped from Latin America to the United States and Europe.

But just as globalization increases the frequency and ease (265)___________ which diseases can move around the world, it also can improve access to the medicines, medical information, and training that can help treat or cure these diseases.