From International Sanitary Conventions to Global Health Security: The New International Health Regulations
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Global health security and the International Health Regulations
Global nuclear proliferation, bioterrorism, and emerging infections have challenged national capacities to achieve and maintain global security. Over the last century, emerging infectious disease threats resulted in the development of the preliminary versions of the International Health Regulations (IHR) of the World Health Organization (WHO). The current HR(2005) contain major differences comp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Chinese Journal of International Law
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1746-9937,1540-1650
DOI: 10.1093/chinesejil/jmi029