Legal issues and monitoring

Legal issues and procedures

• IHR implementation in national legislation
  Introduction and toolkits for implementation in national legislation to the National IHR Focal Point
• States Parties to the IHR (2005)
  A list of States Parties to the International Health Regulations (2005). As of 5 February 2008, 194 States were parties to the IHR (2005)
• National IHR Focal Point guide
  The designation or establishment of national IHR focal points

Monitoring and evaluation

• Information to States Parties regarding determination of fulfilment of IHR Core Capacity requirements for 2012 and potential extensions
• Checklist and indicators for monitoring progress in the development of IHR core capacities in States Parties
• Protocol for assessing national IHR Core Capacities
• Technical consultation on the monitoring of IHR implementation
  pdf, 66kb

• Monitoring and evaluation of IHR (2005) implementation
  Objectives, activities and expected results
• Draft plan for first review of IHR functioning [pdf 29kb]
  21 January 2010, Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005), Information document EB126/INF.DOC./3
• Report by the Director-General to the 126th Executive Board [pdf 49kb]
  19 November 2009, Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005)
• Report by the Director-General to the 62nd World Health Assembly [pdf 46kb]
  9 April 2009, Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005)
• Report by the Director-General to the 124th Executive Board [pdf 49kb]
  4 December 2008, Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005)
• World Health Assembly resolution WHA61.2
  pdf, 11kb
  23 May 2008, Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005)
• Report by the Secretariat to the 61st World Health Assembly
  pdf, 181kb
  3 April 2008, Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005)
• Corrigendum: Report by the Secretariat
  pdf, 24kb
  24 April 2008, Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005)
• State Party reports to the Sixty-first World Health Assembly
  pdf, 90kb
  29 February 2008, explanatory letter
• State party report pursuant to paragraph 1 of article 54 of international health regulations (2005)
  doc, 189kb
  Reporting format proposed by the WHO Secretariat