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International Health Regulations (IHR)
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International Health Regulations (IHR)

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With the support of WHO, the 194 States Parties to the International Health Regulations (IHR) have been implementing these global rules to enhance national, regional and global public health security.

Key milestones for countries include the assessment of their surveillance and response capacities by June 2009 and the development and implementation of plans of action to ensure that these core capacities are functioning by 2012.

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WHAT IS NEW

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009

Fifth meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee
23 September 2009

Fourth meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee
11 June 2009

Statement by WHO Director-General
11 June 2009

Third meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee
5 June 2009

Statement by WHO Director-General
29 April 2009

Second meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee
27 April 2009

First meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee
25 April 2009

More on influenza A(H1N1)

More IHR news

A Guide for Shipping Infectious Substances

WHO Outbreak Communication Planning Guide [pdf 811kb]
2008 Edition

Issue 8 of the IHR news quarterly bulletin
30 September 2009

IHR news back issues

KEY DOCUMENTS

Case management of Influenza
A(H1N1) in air transport [pdf 528kb]

Summary report on Annex 2 [pdf 369kb]
October 2008

Implementation of the IHR (2005)
Report by WHO Director-General to the 62nd World Health Assembly, A62/6

Areas of work for IHR implementation
Guide for IHR implementation by States Parties

IHR implementation in national legislation
January 2009


HIGHLIGHTS

Biosafety-Biosecurity

IHR implementation course
IHR implementation course, on-the-job training, from 22 March to 30 July 2010, now accepting applications

LQMS Training Toolkit CD-Rom [pdf 285kb]
Click here to find out about this Laboratory Training Toolkit CD-Rom. Its full content will be available on line soon.

Global Survey of Laboratory Quality Standards and External Quality Assessment Schemes
Participate in the survey, download the questionnaire in English, French, Spanish or Russian. New deadline: 23 October 2009

Download the IHR
Read the overview and download the document in six languages

Training
Request to access the IHR training site

E-library
Knowledge, training and resources to support IHR implementation

Disease outbreak news
Recent updates on ongoing events

Guide to Hygiene and Sanitation in Aviation [pdf 676kb]
Third Edition, 2009 -- Advance copy
IHR IN THE WHO REGIONAL OFFICES

Africa
Americas
Eastern Mediterranean
Europe
South-East Asia
Western Pacific
WHO LYON OFFICE

National epidemic preparedness
CONTACT INFORMATION

ihrinfo@who.int



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