Journal article
Ebola Again Shows the International Health Regulations Are Broken
Abstract
Epidemics are among the greatest threats to humanity, and the International Health Regulations are the world's key legal instrument for addressing this threat. Since their revision in 2005, the IHR have faced two big tests: the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic and the 2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa. Both exposed major shortcomings of the IHR, and both offered profound lessons for the future. The objective of this Article is twofold. First, we …
Authors
Ottersen T; Hoffman SJ; Groux G
Journal
American Journal of Law & Medicine, Vol. 42, No. 2-3, pp. 356–392
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
5 2016
DOI
10.1177/0098858816658273
ISSN
0098-8588