International Health Regulations, Ebola, and Emerging Infectious Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean

Bibliographic Data

ID11023135
AuthorsMarcos Espinal (0000-0002-7258-3212, Marcos Espinal, Sylvain Aldighieri, Ronald St. John, Francisco Becerra-Posada, and Carissa Etienne are with the Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC.), Sylvain Aldighieri (0000-0002-3458-7888, Marcos Espinal, Sylvain Aldighieri, Ronald St. John, Francisco Becerra-Posada, and Carissa Etienne are with the Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC.), Ronald St John (Marcos Espinal, Sylvain Aldighieri, Ronald St. John, Francisco Becerra-Posada, and Carissa Etienne are with the Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC.), Francisco Becerra-Posada (0000-0001-9074-0608, Marcos Espinal, Sylvain Aldighieri, Ronald St. John, Francisco Becerra-Posada, and Carissa Etienne are with the Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC.), Carissa F Etienne (World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas), Carissa Etienne (Marcos Espinal, Sylvain Aldighieri, Ronald St. John, Francisco Becerra-Posada, and Carissa Etienne are with the Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC.)
Year2016
Volume106
Issue2
Pages279-282
Publication date2016-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2015.302969
PMID26691130
OpenAlexW2219174402
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited8

The World Health Organization’s determination of the Ebola virus disease outbreak as a public health event of international concern prompted nonaffected countries to implement measures to prevent, detect, and manage the introduction of the virus in their territories. The outbreak provided an opportunity to assess the operational implementation of the International Health Regulations’ core capacities and health systems’ preparedness to handle a potential or confirmed case of Ebola virus disease. A public health framework implemented in Latin America and Caribbean countries encompassing preparatory self-assessments, in-country visits, and follow-up suggests that the region should increase efforts to consolidate and sustain progress on core capacities and health system preparedness to face public health events with national or international repercussions

Caribbean region · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Disease · Ebola virus · Economic growth · Environmental health · Global health · Infectious disease (medical specialty) · International health · International Health Regulations · Latin Americans · Outbreak · Political science · Preparedness · Public health · Disaster Response and Management · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Medicine · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research · Virology · Health Policy