ABSTRACT Since the revisions to the International Health Regulations (IHR) in 2005, much attentio... more ABSTRACT Since the revisions to the International Health Regulations (IHR) in 2005, much attention has turned to two concerns relating to infectious disease control. The first is how to assist states to strengthen their capacity to identify and verify public health emergencies of international concern (PHEIC). The second is the question of how the World Health Organization (WHO) will operate its expanded mandate under the revised IHR. Very little attention has been paid to the potential individual power that has been afforded under the IHR revisions – primarily through the first inclusion of human rights principles into the instrument and the allowance for the WHO to receive non-state surveillance intelligence and informal reports of health emergencies. These inclusions mark the individual as a powerful actor, but also recognise the vulnerability of the individual to the whim of the state in outbreak response and containment. In this paper we examine why these changes to the IHR occurred and explore the consequence of expanding the sovereignty-as-responsibility concept to disease outbreak response. To this end our paper considers both the strengths and weaknesses of incorporating reports from non-official sources and including human rights principles in the IHR framework.
In 2011, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) officially declared ri... more In 2011, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) officially declared rinderpest eradicated. This cattle virus, which has historically had significant political, economic, and social consequences, is only the second infectious disease to disappear from the face of the planet due to concerted human actions. This paper explores the effects that rinderpest has had historically, chronicles the actions of the Global Rinderpest Eradication Campaign (GREP), and discusses the lessons that GREP can offer for combating other infectious diseases. I argue that rinderpest's unique viral characteristics made eradication particularly feasible, but that GREP's activities offer important lessons for fostering international cooperation on controlling infectious disease outbreaks.
The International Health Regulations (2005) gave the World Health Organization a central role in ... more The International Health Regulations (2005) gave the World Health Organization a central role in collecting biosurveillance data and explicitly recognized the importance of human rights for the first time. Human rights and biosurveillance have a complicated relationship with one another though. Surveillance systems are necessary in order to arrest the spread of infectious disease outbreaks, but these same surveillance systems
... 4579-5 (HB) ISBN: 978-0-7546-458l-8 (PB) The Political Economy of AIDS in Africa Edited byNan... more ... 4579-5 (HB) ISBN: 978-0-7546-458l-8 (PB) The Political Economy of AIDS in Africa Edited byNana K. Poku ... My heartfelt appreciation goes out to Farid Abdel-Nour, David Carruthers, Dawn Christensen, Jonathan Graubart, Lei Guang, Dipak Gupta, Richard Hofstetter, Carole ...
ABSTRACT Since the revisions to the International Health Regulations (IHR) in 2005, much attentio... more ABSTRACT Since the revisions to the International Health Regulations (IHR) in 2005, much attention has turned to two concerns relating to infectious disease control. The first is how to assist states to strengthen their capacity to identify and verify public health emergencies of international concern (PHEIC). The second is the question of how the World Health Organization (WHO) will operate its expanded mandate under the revised IHR. Very little attention has been paid to the potential individual power that has been afforded under the IHR revisions – primarily through the first inclusion of human rights principles into the instrument and the allowance for the WHO to receive non-state surveillance intelligence and informal reports of health emergencies. These inclusions mark the individual as a powerful actor, but also recognise the vulnerability of the individual to the whim of the state in outbreak response and containment. In this paper we examine why these changes to the IHR occurred and explore the consequence of expanding the sovereignty-as-responsibility concept to disease outbreak response. To this end our paper considers both the strengths and weaknesses of incorporating reports from non-official sources and including human rights principles in the IHR framework.
In 2011, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) officially declared ri... more In 2011, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) officially declared rinderpest eradicated. This cattle virus, which has historically had significant political, economic, and social consequences, is only the second infectious disease to disappear from the face of the planet due to concerted human actions. This paper explores the effects that rinderpest has had historically, chronicles the actions of the Global Rinderpest Eradication Campaign (GREP), and discusses the lessons that GREP can offer for combating other infectious diseases. I argue that rinderpest's unique viral characteristics made eradication particularly feasible, but that GREP's activities offer important lessons for fostering international cooperation on controlling infectious disease outbreaks.
The International Health Regulations (2005) gave the World Health Organization a central role in ... more The International Health Regulations (2005) gave the World Health Organization a central role in collecting biosurveillance data and explicitly recognized the importance of human rights for the first time. Human rights and biosurveillance have a complicated relationship with one another though. Surveillance systems are necessary in order to arrest the spread of infectious disease outbreaks, but these same surveillance systems
... 4579-5 (HB) ISBN: 978-0-7546-458l-8 (PB) The Political Economy of AIDS in Africa Edited byNan... more ... 4579-5 (HB) ISBN: 978-0-7546-458l-8 (PB) The Political Economy of AIDS in Africa Edited byNana K. Poku ... My heartfelt appreciation goes out to Farid Abdel-Nour, David Carruthers, Dawn Christensen, Jonathan Graubart, Lei Guang, Dipak Gupta, Richard Hofstetter, Carole ...
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