Sentences with «international public health emergency»
The study is the culmination of a rapid collaboration between academic researchers at several universities — including Monash in Australia as well as many institutions in the U.S. and Canada — and a major public health agency, the CDC, in the face of a truly international public health emergency. (sciencedaily.com)
The WHO's Emergency Committee, which declared Zika an international public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) in February, said in a statement that «the Zika virus and associated consequences remain a significant enduring public health challenge requiring intense action but no longer represent a PHEIC.» (businessinsider.com)
The study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal, was requested by the Brazilian health ministry to investigate the causes of the microcephaly epidemic that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an international public health emergency earlier this year. (businessinsider.com)