In August 1996, the International Health Law Committee, International Law and Practice Section, American Bar Association, sponsored a program entitled “Law and Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases” to examine how the emergence and reemergence of infectious diseases affects international and U.S. federal, state, and local law. The issues addressed included international legal rules on in...

Gender equity is easily supported in theory but harder to pursue in practice. In this article, the case of Zika travel policies is used to illustrate some glaring gaps related to gender, for both men and women, at both international and national levels. Zika travel policies have not considered new evidence on biological or social determinants of health, putting babies at risk of exposure. The a...

As the incidence of infectious diseases has recently decreased, we are faced with new problems, such as emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, food poisoning, zoonosis, and bio-terrorism. In light of these new conditions, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, the Local Institutes of Public Health, public health offices, and other medical organization must maintain close relation...

despite  impressive  advancements  in  diagnostic  and  treatment technologies,  infectious  diseases  still  cause  a  significant  amount  of mortality and morbidity throughout the world due to the unpredictable and inevitable  rise  of  new  or  previously  dormant  pathogens.  emerging infectious disease (eid) outbreaks are mainly associated with changes in physical environment and human be...