No One is Leaving this Time: Appraisal of Awareness and Knowledge of Port Health Officers on International Health Regulation IHR (2005)
| dc.contributor.author | Adiama YB, Adewoye SO, Opasola O A, Lateefat HM, Ahmed A, Raimi MO | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-02-08T15:54:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-02-08T15:54:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-04-28 | |
| dc.description | Historically, ships have played an important role in transmitting infectious diseases around the world. The spread of cholera pandemics in the 19th century was thought to be linked to trade routes and facilitated by merchant shipping [1,2]. According to Katz and Fischer [3] in the 1800s, the global community recognized the potential spread of diseases (particularly cholera, plague and yellow fever) across international borders [4,5]. Quarantine was used to prevent the spread of these diseases across international borders and this brought 2/6 Citation: Adiama YB, Adewoye SO, Olaniyi OA, Lateefat HM, Ahmed A, Raimi MO. No One is Leaving this Time: Appraisal of Awareness and Knowledge of Port Health Officers on International Health Regulation IHR (2005). ES J Public Health. 2022; 3(1): 1013. ES Journal of Public Health about the implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR). The International Sanitary Regulations were first adopted in 1951. In 1969, they were renamed as the International Health Regulations (IHR). The 1951 IHR were intended to monitor and control six serious infectious diseases: cholera, plague, yellow fever, smallpox, relapsing fever and typhus. In the intervening 50 years, many developments affected the international transmission of disease, including changes in international ship traffic. Therefore, on 23 May 2005, the World Health Assembly adopted a revised IHR by way of resolution WHA58.3, which entered into force on 15 June 2007. At the same time, the IHR clarifies a series of procedures that should be observed by the WHO to protect global public health safety [6]. The revised IHR focuses on public health crisis prevention, which has been expanded from certain “quarantine diseases” to any public health emergencies that may cause international repercussions. The implementation of the IHR shifts from the passive barrier of entry and exit points to the proactive risk management, aiming at early detection of any international threat before its formation and at stopping it from the very beginning [7] | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Historically, ships have played an important role in transmitting infectious diseases around the world. The spread of cholera pandemics in the 19th century was thought to be linked to trade routes and facilitated by merchant shipping. The international maritime traffic of people and goods has often contributed to the spread of pathogens affecting public health. Objectives: To assess level of awareness and knowledge of international Health regulation (IHR 2005) content among port health officer Methods: The study design was descriptive cross-sectional evaluation, questionnaires were used to capture the respondents’ knowledge, awareness and sanitary condition of ship in accordance with (IHR 2005) Results: On awareness and knowledge, Majority of the respondent (77.1 %) demonstrate good awareness of the IHR (2005), while 22.9% had not and some even testified of hearing the said document for the first time. Despite the fact that majority of respondent were aware but only 24.6% of them can actually demonstrate good knowledge of IHR (2005) and its intent to protect and prevent spread of disease along the international route. Conclusion: There is need to improve the knowledge of port health officers by expand training and guidance on application of the IHR’s to frontline officer at point of entries. Also ensure more thorough inspection and avoid influence of ship agent during inspection of ship. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | SELF | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Adiama YB, Adewoye SO, Olaniyi OA, Lateefat HM, Ahmed A, Raimi MO. No One is Leaving this Time: Appraisal of Awareness and Knowledge of Port Health Officers on International Health Regulation IHR (2005). ES J Public Health. 2022; 3(1): 1013. | |
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| dc.identifier.uri | https://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4048 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | ES Journal of Public Health | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 3(1); 1013 | |
| dc.title | No One is Leaving this Time: Appraisal of Awareness and Knowledge of Port Health Officers on International Health Regulation IHR (2005) | |
| dc.type | Article |