UK steps up its global health security

Qatar steps up to Global Health security: a reflection on the joint external evaluation, 2016

Since the commencement of the International Health Regulations in 2007, global public health security has been faced with numerous emerging and ongoing events. Moreover, the Joint External Evaluation is a voluntary tool developed in compliance with the Global Health Security Agenda that represents the high responsibility of international health community towards the increased incidence of emerg...

WHO steps up its role in health emergencies

News Q: How did you first become interested in working in emergencies? A: When I started out as a physician during the early 1970s, I wanted to work with communities, rather than in hospitals , particularly in places where people were unable to access health services. I worked in Kurdistan in northern Iraq in 1974, in rural Nepal, eastern India and then Bangladesh. But my interest in community ...

Global Public Health Security

The framework of the newly revised International Health Regulations is a key driver in the effort to strengthen global public health security. Unanimously agreed upon by the World Health Assembly on May 23, 2005, the regulations are the result of experience gained and lessons learned during the past 30 years. This global legal framework includes a commitment from the World Health Organization (...

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Global Health Security in an Era of Global Health Threats

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