Declaring a Public Health Emergency of International Concern: Between International Law and Politics

Front Cover -- Declaring A Public Health Emergency Of International Concern: Between International Law And Politics -- Copyright Information -- Table Of Contents -- Table Of Instruments -- List Of Figures -- Notes On The Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Public Health Emergency Of International Concern -- The Pheic: Between International Law And Politics? -- Why This Matters -- Methodology -- Structure Of The Book -- One From Westphalian To Post-westphalian? The Origins Of The Pheic Declaration And The 2005 International Health Regulations -- International Sanitary Conferences The 1969 International Health Regulations -- Need For Reform -- Reforming The Regulations -- Sars, China And The Use Of Discretionary Powers At The Who -- Reforming The Ihr -- Process, Politics And An Innovative Treaty -- Two A Public Health Emergency Of International Concern: Between Legal Obligations And Political Reality -- Role Of States That Are Party To The Ihr -- Role Of The Who Director-general -- Role Of The Emergency Committee -- Public Health Emergency Of International Concern -- Extraordinary Event -- Risk Of The International Spread Of Disease -- Coordinated International Response The Declaration Of A Pheic And The Ihr Process -- Transparency, Accountability And Good Governance Of The Pheic Process -- Blurring The Lines Between The Ec And The Dg -- Transparency And Good Governance -- Three Case Studies On The Pheic Declaration -- 2009-h1n1 -- Pheic Decision Making -- Temporary Recommendations -- Additional Reflections: 2009-h1n1, A Pheic And A Pandemic -- Polio -- Pheic Decision Making -- Temporary Recommendations -- Additional Considerations -- The West African Ebola Outbreak -- Pheic Decision Making -- Temporary Recommendations -- Additional Considerations -- Zika Pheic Decision Making -- Temporary Recommendations -- Additional Reflections -- Ebola In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo90 -- Pheic Decision Making -- October 2018 -- April 2019 -- June 2019 -- July 2019 -- Temporary Recommendations -- Additional Reflections -- Covid-19 -- Pheic Decision Making -- Temporary Recommendations -- Additional Reflections -- Four Events That Were Not Declared A Pheic -- Mers-cov -- Yellow Fever -- Events For Which No Ihr Ec Was Convened -- Cholera In Zimbabwe -- Cholera In Haiti -- Beyond Naturally Occurring Events -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index Mark Eccleston-turner, Clare Wenham. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.