1. International Campus, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran 3. Dept. of Disaster Public Health, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 4. National Institute of Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran,...

Justin E. Harbison, Lara R. Dugas, William Brieger, Bamidele O. Tayo, Tunrayo Alabi, Dale A. Schoeller, and Amy Luke Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health Sciences, Loyola University School of Medicine, Maywood Illinois; Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, John Hopkins University, Baltimore Maryland; Geospatial Laboratory, Research for Developm...

Justin E. Harbison, Lara R. Dugas, William Brieger, Bamidele O. Tayo, Tunrayo Alabi, Dale A. Schoeller, and Amy Luke Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health Sciences, Loyola University School of Medicine, Maywood Illinois; Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, John Hopkins University, Baltimore Maryland; Geospatial Laboratory, Research for Developm...

In May 2005 the World Health Assembly approved an innovative and ambitious revision of the International Health Regulations, known as IHR(2005), in order to detect and control, in a timely manner, all public health events that may have a serious international impact. It represents a dramatic move from administrative notification by Member States (MS) to the World Health Organization (WHO) of ca...

Animal medicine, human medicine and public health have been associated ever since sheep, goats, cattle, horses, dogs, cats and other animals were first domesticated to serve the needs of society. The more recent history of veterinary public health (VPH) in Europe has seen developments through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and the beginning of modern conceptions of VPH. The recogniti...

Author Affiliations: Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md (Salmon, Pan, Omer, Halsey); Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Madison, Wis (Sotir, Berg, Hopfensperger, Davis); Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md (Omer, Halsey); National C...

legal terms are as heritage of civilization and arising out of social developments of nations. however, public order in international law is required in international instruments and is cited repeatedly by international tribunals and authors but still have a vague concept in practice. what is studied in this article is analyze of concept and nature of international public order in considering v...

The United Nations adopted an historic international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in April 2013. A 1997 meeting of Nobel Peace Prize laureates who called for an International Code of Conduct to address the 'destructive effects of the unregulated arms trade' initiated discussions that led to the Treaty. Public health institutions, including the World Health Organization and the International Committe...

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 ...