Emerging infectious diseases not covered by routine vaccination in Europe in 2010-2015 - the review of WHO and ECDC notifications for the National IHR Focal Point in Poland
Journal Title: Przegląd Epidemiologiczny - Year 2015, Vol 69, Issue 4
Abstract
The National IHR Focal Point is a center set up by each Member State of the World Health Organization (WHO) in accordance with the International Health Regulations (2005). The International Health Regulations (IHR) were adopted on 23 May 2005 at the World Health Assembly and entered into force since 15 June 2007 as the legal instrument designed to help protect all countries from uncontrolled international spread of diseases and other urgent public health threats. According to Article 2 of IHR the purpose and scope of these Regulations are to prevent, protect against, control and provide a public health response to the international spread of disease in ways that are commensurate with and restricted to public health risks, and which avoid unnecessary interference with international traffic and trade. Primarily, the scope of IHR is to establish a system of early warning (in accordance with Article 6 and 7) with the functioning in each country National IHR Focal Point which is available at any time to communicate with WHO IHR Contact Points and other entities. The tasks of the National IHR Focal Point in Poland which was appointed by the Minister of Health and runs in the Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene from 1 September 2007 are the notification of events that may constitute a public health emergency of international concern occurring in Poland or abroad and the dissemination of this information to the WHO, other National IHR Focal Points or competent authorities responsible for public health. The task of the National IHR Focal Point in Poland is also the dissemination of WHO and ECDC notifications, including recommendation and risk assessment documents. The aim of this work is the review of WHO and ECDC notifications received by National IHR Focal Point in Poland in the period from 2010 to 2015 which were related to emerging infectious diseases not covered by routine vaccination programs or for which there are no effective vaccines that have occurred in the WHO European Region. The review includes verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O104: H4 infections, MERS-CoV infections, Ebola virus disease, malaria, dengue fever, West Nile fever, chikungunya and cholera.
Authors and Affiliations
Łukasz Henszel, Janusz Janiec, Radosław Izdebski, Franciszek Radziszewski, Piotr Polański
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