Detection of events of public health importance under the international health regulations: a toolkit to improve reporting of unusual events by frontline healthcare workers

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The International Health Regulations (IHR (2005)) require countries to notify WHO of any event which may constitute a public health emergency of international concern. This notification relies on reports of events occurring at the lo...

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Main Authors: Bitar Dounia, Aavitsland Preben, MacDonald Emily, Borgen Katrine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-09-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/713