BACKGROUND In 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared two "public health emergencies of international concern", in response to the worldwide polio situation and the Ebola epidemic in West Africa respectively. Both emergencies can be seen as testing moments, challenging the current model of epidemic governance, where two worldviews co-exist: global health security and humanitarian bio...

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H1n1 flu virus (1). Moving from this local and most concerning incident to the international arena reveals further matters worthy of consideration in the context of pandemic influenza. in 2005 the World Health Assembly adopted revised international Health Regulations. The purpose of these Regulations is to prevent the international spread of disease while avoiding unnecessary interference with ...

Transnational Issues in Quarantine How to promote transnational collaboration in implementing quarantine was the topic of a January 19–23, 2004, conference sponsored by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Fifty invited participants discussed the status of quarantine planning in 13 countries (the Americas, Israel, and several members of the European Union [EU] nations). Held in the the conferen...

Transnational Issues in Quarantine How to promote transnational collaboration in implementing quarantine was the topic of a January 19–23, 2004, conference sponsored by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Fifty invited participants discussed the status of quarantine planning in 13 countries (the Americas, Israel, and several members of the European Union [EU] nations). Held in the the conferen...