strengthening core public health capacity based on the implementation of the international health regulations (ihr) (2005): chinese lessons

Strengthening Core Public Health Capacity Based on the Implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005): Chinese Lessons

As an international legal instrument, the International Health Regulations (IHR) is internationally binding in 196 countries, especially in all the member states of the World Health Organization (WHO). The IHR aims to prevent, protect against, control, and respond to the international spread of disease and aims to cut out unnecessary interruptions to traffic and trade. To meet IHR requirements,...

Strengthening core public health capacity based on the implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005): Chinese lessons.

As an international legal instrument, the International Health Regulations (IHR) is internationally binding in 196 countries, especially in all the member states of the World Health Organization (WHO). The IHR aims to prevent, protect against, control, and respond to the international spread of disease and aims to cut out unnecessary interruptions to traffic and trade. To meet IHR requirements,...

Strengthening public health laboratory capacity in Thailand for International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005).

INTRODUCTION Thailand conducted a national laboratory assessment of core capacities related to the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005), and thereby established a baseline to measure future progress. The assessment was limited to public laboratories found within the Thai Bureau of Quality and Safety of Food, National Institute of Health and regional medical science centres. METHODS T...

Disease surveillance, capacity building and implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR[2005])

Event-based surveillance in Papua New Guinea: strengthening an International Health Regulations (2005) core capacity.

Under the International Health Regulations (2005), Member States are required to develop capacity in event-based surveillance (EBS). The Papua New Guinea National Department of Health established an EBS system during the influenza pandemic in August 2009. We review its performance from August 2009 to November 2012, sharing lessons that may be useful to other low-resource public health practitio...

An Evaluation of the Key Indicator Based Surveillance System for International Health Regulations (IHR) -2005 Core Capacity Requirements in India

1Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), Indian Institute of Public Health Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India; 2Directorate of Health, Department of Health, Medical & Family Welfare, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, India; 3Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India; 4Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; 5London School of Hygiene a...