scholarly journals Should this event be notified to the World Health Organization? Reliability of the International Health Regulations notification assessment process

2011 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 296-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Haustein ◽  
Helge Hollmeyer ◽  
Max Hardiman ◽  
Stephan Harbarth ◽  
Didier Pittet
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
International Health ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
World Health ◽  
International Health Regulations ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Health Regulations

scholarly journals The world health organization: The (un)attainable ideal?

2021 ◽  
Vol 60 (91) ◽  
pp. 271-286
Author(s):  
Jovana Blešić
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
International Health ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
World Health ◽  
Director General ◽  
International Health Regulations ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Health Regulations

The World Health Organization (WHO) is one of the UN specialized agencies. Its work and functions gained even more importance in 2020 with the emergence of the corona virus. The eyes of the entire international community focused on this organization and its Director General. Nowadays, its efficiency has been subject to various forms of criticism. In this paper, the author first provides a brief overview of this organization and its significance. The central part of the paper focuses on the activities of the WHO during the Covid-19 pandemic, through the clarification of the concept of public health emergency of international concern and the use of International Health Regulations. Finally, the author discusses the possible reform of this body. The aim of this paper is to familiarize the readers with the World Health Organization and put its activities in the context of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals THE VETERINARIAN IN PANDEMY SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19): BACKGROUND AND ATTRIBUTIONS

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 026-033
Author(s):  
Kalina Maria de Medeiros Gomes Simplício ◽  
Giovanni Vargas-Hernández ◽  
Mauro Henrique Bueno de Camargo ◽  
Michelly Fernandes de Macedo
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
International Health ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
World Health ◽  
International Health Regulations ◽  
The World ◽  
International Importance ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Health Regulations

In December 2019, the world watched in disbelief as a viral epidemic, originating in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, took on frightening proportions. On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of the disease caused by the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) to be a public health emergency of international importance, the highest level of alert of the Organization, as provided in the International Health Regulations (IHR, 2016). On March 11, 2020, the epidemic was declared a pandemic by the WHO. Despite the rapid distribution of the new virus, many countries were reluctant or slow to comply strictly with the prophylactic methods suggested by those who had already experienced the whole situation of threat to the health of their populations.

scholarly journals The Global Governance of Infectious Diseases: The World Health Organization and the International Health Regulations

1969 ◽  
pp. 497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosario M. Isasi ◽  
Thu Minh Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
International Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
International Health Regulations ◽  
Health Governance ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Health Regulations

The 2003 SARS outbreak exemplified both the porous boundaries for infectious disease due to globalization and the inadequacy of global governance of public health. The World Health Organization (WHO), whose mission is to play a leading role in the protection and promotion of global public health, recently adopted a revision of its International Health Regulations (IHR). By revising and updating the IHR, it remains to be seen whether this new instrument can serve as a model for effective public health governance, allowing the WHO to fulfil its mandate. The authors provide background on the role and evaluation of the WHO in global health governance. They then provide a comparative analysis between the 2005 IHR with the original 1969 IHR in terms of scope, procedure, response networks, capacities and respect for human rights.

scholarly journals New International Health Regulations come into force

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
Collective Editorial team
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
International Health ◽  
Disease Outbreaks ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
World Health ◽  
International Health Regulations ◽  
Member States ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Health Regulations

On 15 June 2007, the revised International Health Regulations (IHR) will come into force. Agreed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2005, the revised IHR provide a multilateral legal framework for how the WHO’s 193 Member States handle disease outbreaks and other emergencies.

scholarly journals Modernisation of the International Health Regulations – WHO European Region

2004 ◽  
Vol 8 (22) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Nicoll ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
International Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
European Region ◽  
International Health Regulations ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
And Control ◽  
Health Regulations

The current International Health Regulations, which were published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1969, were originally intended to help monitor and control six serious infectious diseases.

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