The revised regulations include a list of four diseases -- smallpox, polio, SARS and human cases of new strains of human influenza -- that Member States must immediately report to the WHO. The regulations provide an algorithm to determine whether other incidents, including those of unknown causes or sources, may constitute public-health events of international concern, and as such must be reported to the WHO. The rules also provide specific procedures and timelines for assessing, reporting, and responding to public health events of international concern.
To meet the requirements of the IHR, the federal government will rely upon already strong state and local reporting networks to receive information about public health events of concern. In addition, actions taken by state and local governments to respond to public health events within their jurisdictions will facilitate U.S. fulfillment of the objectives of the IHR.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has the lead role in carrying out the requirements of the updated IHR, in cooperation with many other departments and agencies of the U.S. government. The HHS Secretary's Operations Center is the central body responsible for reporting events to the WHO.
More information about the International Health Regulations (2005) is available at http://www.globalhealth.gov/ihr.
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