Pandemic Response and International Health Regulations

International health regulations: lessons from the influenza pandemic in Singapore.

INTRODUCTION Singapore's defense against imported novel influenza A (H1N1-2009) comprised public health measures in compliance with the World Health Organization's (WHO) International Health Regulations (IHR), 2005. We report herein on the epidemiology and control of the fi rst 350 cases notified between May and June 2009. MATERIALS AND METHODS We investigated the fi rst 350 laboratory-confir...

The International Health Regulations and beyond.

The international community has joined together to form a world trade system based on the rule of law. Although imperfect, the world trade system contains enforceable norms designed to facilitate international economic activity. Infectious diseases pose as great a threat to the well being of nations. Yet, global health governance remains weak or nonexistent. As The Lancet Infectious Diseases ha...

Ebola lessons guide International Health Regulations review.

Diseases subject to the international health regulations.

International Health Regulations (2005): taking stock.

Editorials 310 In 2007, the coming into force of the revised International Health Regulations (2005) 1 [IHR (2005)] – the most powerful, far-reaching instrument of international law ever conceived to protect people's health – was met with excitement. The purpose behind the IHR (2005) was to prevent and detect international health threats with minimal disruption to travel, trade and the economy....