{"id":84917,"date":"2020-01-31T15:19:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T09:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=13362"},"modified":"2021-06-10T18:01:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T12:31:42","slug":"explained-what-makes-who-declare-a-disease-outbreak-a-public-health-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-what-makes-who-declare-a-disease-outbreak-a-public-health-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: What makes WHO declare a disease outbreak a public health emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/world-health-organizationwho-funding\/\"> World Health Organization<\/a>(WHO) has declared coronavirus a public health emergency of international concern(PHEIC).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>About Public Health Emergency of International Concern(PHEIC):<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>It is defined as an extraordinary event that constitutes a public health risk to other States through the international spread of the disease and potentially requires a coordinated international response.<\/li>\r\n<li>The responsibility of declaring an event as an emergency lies with the Director-General of the WHO and requires the convening of a committee of members.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Implications of PHEIC being declared:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>A declaration of an Health emergency would lead to a boost in public health measures, funding and resources to prevent and reduce international spread.<\/li>\r\n<li>The measures could also include recommendations on trade and travel, including airport screening of passengers.<\/li>\r\n<li>In the past decade,WHO has declared public health emergencies for outbreaks including swine flu, polio and Ebola.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong><em> Read Also :-<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/polity\/federal-structure-of-indian-polity\/\">What is Federal Polity<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"W04sRmOJJs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-under-what-circumstances-can-the-financial-emergency-be-proclaimed-by-the-president-of-india-what-consequences-follow-when-such-a-declaration-remains-in-force\/\">[Answered] Under what circumstances can the Financial Emergency be proclaimed by the President of India? What consequences follow when such a declaration remains in force?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;[Answered] Under what circumstances can the Financial Emergency be proclaimed by the President of India? What consequences follow when such a declaration remains in force?&#8221; &#8212; Free UPSC IAS Preparation For Aspirants\" src=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-under-what-circumstances-can-the-financial-emergency-be-proclaimed-by-the-president-of-india-what-consequences-follow-when-such-a-declaration-remains-in-force\/embed\/#?secret=RKWrfBKRDN#?secret=W04sRmOJJs\" data-secret=\"W04sRmOJJs\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:The World Health Organization(WHO) has declared coronavirus a public health emergency of international concern(PHEIC). Facts: About Public Health Emergency of International Concern(PHEIC): It is defined as an extraordinary event that constitutes a public health risk to other States through the international spread of the disease and potentially requires a coordinated international response. The responsibility of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-what-makes-who-declare-a-disease-outbreak-a-public-health-emergency\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Explained: What makes WHO declare a disease outbreak a public health emergency<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[956],"tags":[2028,1853],"class_list":["post-84917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-schemes-and-programs","tag-coronavirus","tag-public-health-emergency-of-international-concern","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704785451},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}