11 - Who is WHO Watching? WHO’s Surveillance Competence under the 2005 International Health Regulations to Prevent and Control the International Spread of Infectious Diseases

2022 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
International Health ◽  
International Health Regulations ◽  
And Control ◽  
Health Regulations

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.

scholarly journals International Health Regulations, Ebola, and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean

2018 ◽  
Vol 108 (S6) ◽  
pp. S466-S469
Author(s):  
Marcos Espinal ◽  
Sylvain Aldighieri ◽  
Ronald St. John ◽  
Francisco Becerra-Posada ◽  
Carissa Etienne
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Emerging Infectious Diseases ◽  
International Health ◽  
International Health Regulations ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Health Regulations

scholarly journals International Health Regulations, Ebola, and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean

2016 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos Espinal ◽  
Sylvain Aldighieri ◽  
Ronald St. John ◽  
Francisco Becerra-Posada ◽  
Carissa Etienne
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Emerging Infectious Diseases ◽  
International Health ◽  
International Health Regulations ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Health Regulations

The New International Health Regulations: Considerations for Global Public Health Surveillance

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica L. Sturtevant ◽  
Aranka Anema ◽  
John S. Brownstein
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Public Health Surveillance ◽  
International Health ◽  
Health Surveillance ◽  
Surveillance Systems ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
International Health Regulations ◽  
Health Regulations

ABSTRACTGlobal public health surveillance is critical for the identification and prevention of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases. The World Health Organization recently released revised International Health Regulations (IHR) that serve as global legislation and provide guidelines for surveillance systems. The IHR aim to identify and prevent spread of these infectious diseases; however, there are some practical challenges that limit the usability of these regulations. IHR requires Member States to build necessary infrastructure for global surveillance, which may not be possible in underdeveloped countries. A large degree of freedom is given to each individual government and therefore different levels of reporting are common, with substantial emphasis on passive reporting. The IHR need to be enforceable and enforced without impinging on government autonomy or human rights. Unstable governments and developing countries require increased assistance in setting up and maintaining surveillance systems. This article addresses some challenges and potential solutions to the ability of national governments to adhere to the global health surveillance requirements detailed in the IHR. The authors review some practical challenges such as inadequate surveillance and reporting infrastructure, and legal enforcement and maintenance of individual human rights. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2007;1:117–121)

scholarly journals Emergency Situation in the Sphere of Population Sanitary and Epidemiologic Welfare as Unified Object of Surveillance and Active Response in the Scope of Up-To-Date Strategy of Infectious Diseases Control

2009 ◽  
pp. 5-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.V. Toporkov ◽  
V.P. Toporkov ◽  
A.E. Shiyanova ◽  
V.V. Kutyrev
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
International Health ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
International Health Regulations ◽  
Active Response ◽  
Normative Documents ◽  
Epidemiologic Surveillance ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Health Regulations ◽  
Purposeful Activity

Implementation of G8 Summit resolutions (2006) in the sphere of infectious diseases control and completing of modernization of the Russian specialized anti-epidemic teams (SAET) of Rospotrebnazor anti-plague institutes, including their usage abroad, assume identification of the unified object of their purposeful activity. Emergency situation in the sphere of population sanitary and epidemiologic welfare was specified within the normative documents as the unified object of epidemiologic surveillance, sanitary protection, prevention and liquidation of emergency epidemic situations, biosafety provision in the course of International Health Regulations (2005) implementation in the territory of the Russian Federation. This definition is suggested as the object of SAET activity.

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