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Global health security and the International Health Regulations [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2010
Global nuclear proliferation, bioterrorism, and emerging infections have challenged national capacities to achieve and maintain global security. Over the last century, emerging infectious disease threats resulted in the development of the preliminary ...
Oliva Otavio   +3 more
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A pandemic treaty, revised international health regulations, or both? [PDF]

open access: yesGlobalization and Health, 2021
Background A special session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) will be convened in late 2021 to consider developing a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic preparedness and response – a so-called ‘Pandemic Treaty ...
Ronald Labonté   +5 more
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International health regulations and pre-travel health practices of international travelers at Nigerian airport: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

open access: yesTropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, 2023
Background International Health Regulations (IHR) were developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to curb the trans-border spread of epidemics.
Oluwatosin Samson Jegede   +11 more
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Health system governance in strengthening International Health Regulations (IHR) compliance in Myanmar [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Global Health, 2020
The International Health Regulations 2005 (IHR) is a legally binding framework which requires 196 WHO Member States to take actions to prevent, protect against, control and provide public health response to the international spread of disease.
Thidar Pyone   +7 more
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Strengthening global health security – lessons learned from public health England’s international health regulations strengthening project [PDF]

open access: yesGlobalization and Health, 2022
Background Country experiences of responding to the challenges of COVID-19 in 2020 highlighted how critical it is to have strong, in-country health security capacity.
Cindy Carlson   +5 more
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Strengthening Somalia’s health system: pathways to achieving International Health Regulations core capacities at points of entry by 2025 [PDF]

open access: yesTropical Medicine and Health
Introduction The International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) mandate global health security through core capacities, yet Somalia’s 48 Points of Entry (PoEs), including airports, seaports, 12 domestic airports, 6 international airports, and land borders,
Saadaq Adan Hussein   +13 more
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International Health Regulations (2005): taking stock

open access: yesBulletin of the World Health Organization, 2014
In 2007, the coming into force of the revised International Health Regulations (2005)1 [IHR (2005)] – the most powerful, far-reaching instrument of international law ever conceived to protect people’s health – was met with excitement. The purpose behind the IHR (2005) was to prevent and detect international health threats with minimal disruption to ...
Isabelle Nuttall
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WHO International Health Regulations Emergency Committee for the COVID-19 outbreak [PDF]

open access: yesEpidemiology and Health, 2020
To discuss whether the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), World Health Organization (WHO) organized the 15-member International Health Regulations Emergency Committee (EC).
Youngmee Jee
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