Open AccessPublic health emergencies of international concern and the revision of the International Health Regulations – latest update
Author(s) -
Noël Gill
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.06.20.02136-en
Subject(s) - international health regulations , public health , plague (disease) , cholera , environmental health , political science , business , covid-19 , medicine , virology , nursing , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , pathology
The latest progress report from the World Health Organization (WHO) states that broadening the requirement to notify WHO, from the present three diseases listed in the regulations (cholera, plague and yellow fever), is central to the revision of the International Health Regulations (IHR) that is under way (1).