The new international health regulations: A revolutionary change in global health security

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 1267, 2007, Pages

  Baker, Michael G ^a   Forsyth, Andrew M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHOLERA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GLOBAL CHANGE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; LAW; MALARIA; NEW ZEALAND; PLAGUE; POLIOMYELITIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SMALLPOX; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YELLOW FEVER; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; LEGAL ASPECT;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 38049170984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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