When does a major outbreak become a Public Health Emergency of International Concern?

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia. Electronic address: david.durrheim@newcastle.edu.au.
² O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
³ Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Comment

David N Durrheim et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;20(8):887-889.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30401-1. Epub 2020 May 19.

¹ School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia. Electronic address: david.durrheim@newcastle.edu.au.
² O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
³ Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

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The politics of PHEIC.
The Lancet. The Lancet. Lancet. 2019 Jun 22;393(10190):2470. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31406-0. Epub 2019 Jun 18. Lancet. 2019. PMID: 31227368 No abstract available.

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