Sudeepa Abeysinghe, Pandemics, science and policy. H1N1 and the World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is in charge of the monitoring and reporting of threats of infectious diseases and coordinating global response. More important, it is the only organization in the world responsible for the declaration of the ‘pandemic’ (worldwide) nature of an epidemic. But how...
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2019
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| Online dostop: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Izvleček: | The World Health Organization (WHO) is in charge of the monitoring and reporting of threats of infectious diseases and coordinating global response. More important, it is the only organization in the world responsible for the declaration of the ‘pandemic’ (worldwide) nature of an epidemic. But how did this structure manage the last pandemic of influenza, qualified as such by WHO’s own experts? This question has been subject to debate and in this particular case the notion of ‘pandemic’ seems... |
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