Transparency in IHR emergency committee decision making: the case for reform

Affiliations

¹ School of Law, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, UK.
² Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney - Camperdown and Darlington Campus, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Editorial

Mark Eccleston-Turner et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2019.

. 2019 Apr 25;4(2):e001618.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001618. eCollection 2019.

¹ School of Law, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, UK.
² Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney - Camperdown and Darlington Campus, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: health policy; viral haemorrhagic fevers.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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