Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Global Health: International Health Regulations and World Health Organization

2016 ◽  
Vol 67 (5) ◽  
pp. 362-369
Author(s):  
Kohtaroh Tanaka
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
International Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
International Health Regulations ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
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 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.

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