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The International Health Regulations: The Governing Framework For Global Health Security, Lawrence O. Gostin, Rebecca Katz
The International Health Regulations: The Governing Framework For Global Health Security, Lawrence O. Gostin, Rebecca Katz
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- The International Health Regulations (IHR) are the governing framework for global health security yet require textual and operational reforms to remain effective, particularly as parallel initiatives are developed.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) is the agency charged with oversight of the IHR, and its leadership and efficient functioning are prerequisites for the effective implementation of the IHR.
- We reviewed the historical origins of the IHR and their performance over the past 10 years and analyzed all of the ongoing reform panel efforts to provide a series of politically feasible recommendations for fundamental reform.
- This article offers proposals for fundamental reform—with …