In justifying the United States' rejection of updates to global health regulations, the Department of Health and Human ...

The PHEIC also does not confer on the WHO powers that are similar to those that the U.S. federal government acquired when it declared the new virus a national public health emergency in January 2020.

The PHEIC is the loudest alarm bell the WHO can ring on an outbreak. The organization’s initial PHEIC declaration in January 2020 preceded many world- and life-changing events, and an enormous ...

To be considered a PHEIC, the condition is considered, serious, sudden, unusual or unexpected; has implications for public health beyond where the place it originates; and has the potential to ...

T he World Health Organization (WHO) took the rare step Thursday of declaring a novel coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan, China a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC ...

PHEIC does not mean panic. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, stressed that the WHO disfavored imposing travel or trade restrictions on China.

A PHEIC is a relatively rare declaration from WHO. The last time a PHEIC was issued was on February 12, 2020, when the global health body declared COVID-19 a public health emergency of ...

Since 2007, six diseases have been declared PHEIC—swine flu, polio, Ebola, Zika, Kivu Ebola and COVID-19. WHO has been monitoring monkeypox as the spread continues and updating its guidance.

At the time of the PHEIC declaration, Africa CDC’s epidemic intelligence report noted that in 2024, there had been 18,737 mpox cases (3,101 confirmed) across 12 African countries since the ...

The first PHEIC was declared for the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic, and others have included the 2014-2016 West African Ebola outbreak and the Zika outbreak in 2016.

To be considered a PHEIC, the condition is considered, serious, sudden, unusual or unexpected; has implications for public health beyond where the place it originates; and has the potential to ...