WHO International Health Regulations Emergency Committee for the COVID-19 outbreak [PDF]
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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Mapping the international health regulations monitoring and evaluation framework: an expert consultation, triangulation crosswalk and quantitative analysis. [PDF]
The International Health Regulations Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (IHRMEF) includes four components regularly conducted by States Parties to measure the current status of International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 core capacities and provide ...
Nguni R +19 more
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Editorial: The 2025 World Health Assembly Pandemic Agreement and the 2024 Amendments to the International Health Regulations Combine for Pandemic Preparedness and Response. [PDF]
The importance of pandemic preparedness is underscored by two recent and significant findings in the US, including outbreaks of measles in children and adults, as well as the demonstration of airborne transmission of the influenza A(H5N1) virus (bird flu)
Parums DV.
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Mind the gap: an analysis of core capacities of the international health regulations (2005) to respond to outbreaks in Yemen. [PDF]
Background Yemen that has been devastated by war is facing various challenges to respond to the recent potential outbreaks and other public health emergencies due to lack of proper strategies and regulations, which are essential to public health security.
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International health regulations and pre-travel health practices of international travelers at Nigerian airport: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
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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Solidarity in the wake of COVID-19: reimagining the International Health Regulations. [PDF]
Amid frenzied national responses to COVID-19, the world could soon reach a critical juncture to revisit and strengthen the International Health Regulations (IHR), the multilateral instrument that governs how 196 states and WHO collectively address the ...
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Multiple costing tools have been developed to understand the resources required to build and sustain implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR), including a detailed costing tool developed by WHO (“WHO Costing Tool”) and 2 action-based ...
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Implementation of the International Health Regulations in Somaliland supports multisectoral response to COVID-19. [PDF]
www.jogh.org • doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.020364 1 December 2020 • Vol. 10 No. 2 • 020364 The International Health Regulations, IHR (2005), represent an agreement between all Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) to work together for global ...
Sane J, Ruutu P, Soleman S, Elmi M.
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The International Health Regulations (2005), the threat of populism and the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]
The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare weaknesses and major challenges in the international approach to managing public health emergencies.
Wilson K, Halabi S, Gostin LO.
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SHARP Joint Action – Strengthening International Health Regulations and preparedness in the EU [PDF]
Although the preparedness to health emergencies of biological, chemical, environmental and unknown origin across the Europe is at high level, gaps do exist across the EU Member States and European countries.
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