International Health Regulations (IHR)

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.

WHAT IS NEW IHR implementation in national legislation January 2009 Issue 5 of the IHR news quarterly 15 December 2008 IHR news back issues

KEY DOCUMENTS Implementation of the IHR (2005) [pdf 49kb] Report by WHO Director-General to Executive Board, EB124/5 Areas of work for IHR implementation Guide for IHR implementation by States Parties

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