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Solidarity in the wake of COVID-19: reimagining the International Health Regulations

Authors :
Mark Eccleston-Turner
Allyn Taylor
Stéphanie Dagron
Alexandra Phelan
Benjamin Mason Meier
Lisa Forman
Steven J. Hoffman
Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa
Pedro A. Villarreal
Gorik Ooms
Lawrence O. Gostin
Sharifah Sekalala
Gian Luca Burci
Roojin Habibi
Alicia Ely Yamin
Source :
The Lancet, Lancet, The Lancet (2020), Lancet (London, England)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2020.

Abstract

Amid frenzied national responses to COVID-19, the world could soon reach a critical juncture to revisit and strengthen the International Health Regulations (IHR), the multilateral instrument that governs how 196 states and WHO collectively address the global spread of disease.1, 2 In many countries, IHR obligations that are vital to an effective pandemic response remain unfulfilled, and the instrument has been largely side-lined in the COVID-19 pandemic, the largest global health crisis in a century. It is time to reimagine the IHR as an instrument that will compel global solidarity and national action against the threat of emerging and re-emerging pathogens. We call on state parties to reform the IHR to improve supervision, international assistance, dispute resolution, and overall textual clarity.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01406736
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The Lancet
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....e4eff181952b7c275534fc7e2122d843
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(20)31417-3