Global Public Health Surveillance under New International Health Regulations

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Baker, Michael G. ; Fidler, David P.
• Description:
  The new International Health Regulations adopted by the World Health Assembly in May 2005 (IHR 2005) represents a major development in the use of international law for public health purposes. One of the most important aspects of IHR 2005 is the establishment of a global surveillance system for public health emergencies of international concern. This article assesses the surveillance system in IHR 2005 by applying well-established frameworks for evaluating public health surveillance. The assessment shows that IHR 2005 constitutes a major advance in global surveillance from what has prevailed in the past. Effectively implementing the IHR 2005 surveillance objectives requires surmounting technical, resource, governance, legal, and political obstacles. Although IHR 2005 contains some provisions that directly address these obstacles, active support by the World Health Organization and its member states is required to strengthen national and global surveillance capabilities.
• Subjects:
  Communicable Disease Control Disease Outbreaks Global Health Humans International Cooperation International Health Regulations Perspective Politics Population Surveillance
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 12(7):1058-1065.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Name as Subject:
  World Health Organization. ; World Health Organization.
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:bc9295e7f8f838cafcfa66673304834ae5f4eebe6d4913a654df3d5ed4c6087e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16158/cdc_16158_DS1.pdf
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