Asia Pacific Strategy for Emerging Diseases and Public Health Emergencies (APSED III): Advancing Implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005)

World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific. 09/2017 This 88-page document details the Asia Pacific Strategy for Emerging Diseases and Public Health Emergencies (APSED III), the common framework to address shared threats as required by the International Health Regulations (2005), or IHR (2005). The framework provides an important collaborative platform for Member States, the World Health Organization, and partners to work together to strengthen preparedness and response to outbreaks and public health emergencies. (PDF)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - February 7, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news