International law and communicable diseases.

Adopting New International Health Instruments – What Can We Learn From the FCTC?; Comment on “The Legal Strength of International Health Instruments - What It Brings to Global Health Governance?”

This Commentary forms a response to Nikogosian’s and Kickbusch’s forward-looking perspective about the legal strength of international health instruments. Building on their arguments, in this commentary we consider what we can learn from the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) for the adoption of new legal international health instruments.

Addressing NCDs: Protecting Health From Trade and Investment Law; Comment on “Addressing NCDs: Challenges From Industry Market Promotion and Interferences”

Building on Tangcharoensathien and colleagues’ description of four tactics used by the tobacco, alcohol, processed food, and breast milk substitute industries to interfere with the development and implementation of health policies, we present a fifth tactic: trade and investment disputes. We describe recent examples of trade and investment claims filed by the tobacco in...

Communicable Diseases Surveillance System in I.R.Iran: Strengths and Weaknesses of 30 years implementation

Background: Communicable diseases was one of the main problems in I.R.Iran. This study aimed to show the progress of communicable diseases management in more than 30 years of implementation and point out strengths and weaknesses as well. Methods: This study was carried out on an interview-based qualitative study using content analysis in 2014. Data was collected by deep interviews. Fifteen ...

Globalization, international law, and emerging infectious diseases.

The global nature of the threat posed by new and reemerging infectious diseases will require international cooperation in identifying, controlling, and preventing these diseases. Because of this need for international cooperation, international law will certainly play a role in the global strategy for the control of emerging diseases. Recognizing this fact, the World Health Organization has alr...

Mission impossible? International law and infectious diseases.