Sentences with phrase «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.

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virus and associated consequences remain a significant enduring public health challenge requiring intense action but no longer represent a PHEIC.»

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.

The World Health Organisation has declared the Zika virus an international public health emergency, prompted by growing concern that it could cause birth defects.

The WHO in February declared the Zika virus an international public health emergency due to its association in Brazil with suspected cases of microcephaly in babies.

Zika is fortunately no longer considered an international public health emergency, according to the World Health Organization, but an urgent need for preventative and treatment approaches, none of which has been clinically approved, remains.

The presidential administration should create a coordinating body within the U.S. government with the authority and budget to develop a proactive, cost - effective, and comprehensive approach to preparedness for and response to international public health emergencies.

The WHO says the epidemic is «an international public health emergency».

This connection and the proliferation in cases led to the World Health Organization declaring Zika virus an international public health emergency.

The World Health Organization recently declared an international public health emergency over the Zika virus, a mosquito - borne virus that emerged early last year in Brazil and has since spread rapidly throughout Latin America.

The World Health Organization decided to classify Zika as an international public health emergency, which will increase resources for research and fighting the virus.

The World Health Organization declared the spread of Zika and an associated birth defect an international public health emergency Monday, freeing funds to combat the disease.

The World Health Organization declared the spread of Zika and an associated birth defect an international public health emergency Monday.

WHO was criticized for waiting months after an Ebola outbreak hit West Africa to declare an international public health emergency in 2014.

In August 2014, the United Nations health agency declared an «international public health emergency», saying that a coordinated response was essential to arrest the spread of the virus.