Policies and Planning to Minimize the Spread of Disease: The Practical Application of World Health Organization Travel Recommendations: Some Observations

On April 25, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Committee [established in accordance with International Health Regulations (IHR-2005)] provided its view to Margaret Chan, Director General of WHO, that an influenza A/H1N1 outbreak represented a “public health emergency of international concern.” On April 27, 2009, after the second meeting of the emergency committee, Chan raised the level of influenza pandemic alert from Phase 3 to Phase 4. At that time some additional announcements were made, including the following: (1) Given the widespread presence of the virus, the director general considered that containing the outbreak was not feasible. The focus should be on mitigation measures; and (2) The director general recommended not closing borders and not restricting international travel. This paper discusses the practical application of these recommendations by WHO (www.who.int/en/).

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• Authors:
  • Evans, Anthony D B
• Conference:
  • Research on the Transmission of Disease in Airports and on Aircraft: A Synposium
  • Location: Washington D.C., United States
  • Date: 2009-9-17 to 2009-9-18
• Publication Date: 2010

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 49-50
• Monograph Title: Research on the Transmission of Disease in Airports and on Aircraft: Summary of a Symposium
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings
  • Issue Number: 47
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 1073-1652

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air travel; Communicable diseases; Policy; Public health; Recommendations
• Identifier Terms: World Health Organization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pandemic influenza; Swine influenza
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Policy; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01174181
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309142953
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 29 2010 8:09PM