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The potential effectiveness of the WHO International Health Regulations capacity requirements on control of the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study of 114 countries

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2021
Objectives We examined if the WHO International Health Regulations (IHR) capacities were associated with better COVID-19 pandemic control. Design Observational study. Setting Population-based study of 114 countries. Participants General population.
M. C. Wong   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Do not violate the International Health Regulations during the COVID-19 outbreak

open access: yesThe Lancet, 2020
In imposing travel restrictions against China during the current outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), many countries are violating the IHR.
Roojin Habibi   +15 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

THE FAILURE OF ‘CORE CAPACITIES’ UNDER THE WHO INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS

open access: yesInternational and Comparative Law Quarterly, 2021
Analyses related to the Covid-19 pandemic have mainly addressed measures adopted in response to this event without paying attention to provisions included in the 2005 International Health Regulations which require States to develop predefined core ...
G. Bartolini
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Historical Evolution and the Future of Global Health Security

open access: yesJournal of Nature and Science of Medicine, 2022
Health security has become an integral part of global health after many epidemics, the latest of which was the COVID-19 pandemic, from which the world is still suffering. The term “health security” was first used in the mid-twentieth century.
Anas A Khan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Challenges to the Implementation of International Health Regulations (2005) on Preventing Infectious Diseases: Experience from Julius Nyerere International Airport, Tanzania. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) is a legal instrument binding all World Health Organization (WHO) member States. It aims to prevent and control public health emergencies of international concern. Country points of entry (POEs) have been
Gasto Frumence   +5 more
core   +1 more source

The International Health Regulations, COVID-19, and bordering practices: Who gets in, what gets out, and who gets rescued?

open access: yesContemporary Security Policy, 2020
It is often said that “diseases know no borders,” but COVID-19 has once again shown that policy responses certainly do. Governments have implemented bordering practices in a variety of ways to ensure that their own citizens are protected, even when in ...
Adam Ferhani, Simon Rushton
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Global public health security. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The framework of the newly revised International Health Regulations is a key driver in the effort to strengthen global public health security. Unanimously agreed upon by the World Health Assembly on May 23, 2005, the regulations are the result of ...
Rodier, Guénaël   +7 more
core   +1 more source

World Health Organization Perspective on Implementation of International Health Regulations

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2012
In 2005, the International Health Regulations were adopted at the 58th World Health Assembly; in June 2007, they were entered into force for most countries.
Maxwell Charles Hardiman
doaj   +1 more source

Global health security and the International Health Regulations

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
doaj   +1 more source

Enhanced surveillance for the Third United Nations Conference on Small Island Developing States, Apia, Samoa, September 2014

open access: yesWestern Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2017
The Ministry of Health in Samoa, in partnership with the Pacific Community, successfully implemented enhanced surveillance for the high-profile Third United Nations Conference on Small Island Developing States held concurrently with the popular local ...
Paul White   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

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