Implementing the International Health Regulations (2005) in the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region

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.

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

Bulletin of the World Health Organization ◽

10.2471/blt.10.083154 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 89 (4) ◽

pp. 296-303 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

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

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External quality assessment for arbovirus diagnostics in the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region, 2013–2016: improving laboratory quality over the years

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response ◽

10.5365/wpsar.2017.8.3.001 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 27-30 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Mohammad Yazid Abdad ◽

Raynal Squires ◽

Sebastien Cognat ◽

Christopher John Oxenford ◽

Frank Konings

Keyword(s):

Quality Assessment ◽

World Health Organization ◽

External Quality Assessment ◽

Western Pacific ◽

World Health ◽

Pacific Region ◽

Western Pacific Region ◽

External Quality ◽

The World ◽

Health Organization

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

Revista de Ciência Veterinária e Saúde Pública ◽

10.4025/revcivet.v7i1.55495 ◽

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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