Assessment of public health events through International Health Regulations, United States, 2007-2011

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 18; no. 7; pp. 1047 - 1053
• Main Authors: Kohl, Katrin S, Arthur, Ray R, O'Connor, Ralph, Fernandez, Jose
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.07.2012; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Analysis; CME; Communicable Disease Control - legislation & jurisprudence; Communicable Diseases - epidemiology; Disease Notification - legislation & jurisprudence; Disease Notification - methods; disease reporting; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - epidemiology; Humans; Influenza; international health regulations; Laws, regulations and rules; Petroleum Pollution - statistics & numerical data; Population Surveillance - methods; Public health; Public Health - legislation & jurisprudence; public health emergencies of international concern; public health events; United States; United States - epidemiology; World Health Organization; United States

Under the current International Health Regulations, 194 states parties are obligated to report potential public health emergencies of international concern to the World Health Organization (WHO) within 72 hours of becoming aware of an event. During July 2007-December 2011, WHO assessed and posted on...