Assessment of Human Resources Core Capacity under International Health Regulations 2005 (Ihr 2005) At Ports Of Entry (Poe) In Lagos.
| dc.contributor.author | Muhammad Shehu Usman | |
| dc.contributor.author | Oluwasogo A. Olalubi | |
| dc.contributor.author | Henry Olawale Sawyerr | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-02-11T09:37:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-02-11T09:37:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) is an international legal instrument that is binding in 196 World Health Organisation (WHO) member countries worldwide that aims to prevent, protect against, control, and respond to the international spread of disease and to cut out unnecessary interruptions to traffic and trade especially in all the member states of World Health Organization (WHO) [1]. The IHR 2005 is also applied to our Country- Nigeria. The IHR (2005) is a result of the revision of its predecessor, IHR 1969 which did not adapt to the development of international trade and disease spectrum, especially the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). To lower the transmission risk of diseases at international airports, ground crossings, or ports, the IHR (2005) is designed to meet the requirements. [1-2] As a legally binding global framework, the IHR (2005) aims to prevent, protect against, control, and provide a public health response to the international spread of disease as well as avoid unnecessary interruptions to traffic and trade [2] We are living in a world today that is highly mobile, interdependent, and interconnected, giving tremendous opportunities for diseases to spread rapidly. Furthermore, the public has been focusing on new health events caused by chemical, nuclear, and sudden environmental changes in the recent past [3] The countries meeting the IHR 2005 requirements need to develop a minimum particular core public health capacity and to notify the WHO of any event that is considered a public health event of international concern(PHEIC), which should be confirmed and declared by the WHO [4]. At the same time, the IHR clarifies a series of procedures that should be observed by the WHO to protect global public health safety [4]. 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 [5]. To meet the IHR requirements, the countries need to develop, strengthen, and maintain core response capacities for public health risk and PHEIC and to meet the related core capacity requirements before June 15, 2012 (within 5 years after the enforcement of the revised IHR). If not, then an extension of the application to 2014 and another 2-year extension afterward for particular circumstances will be approved [6-9]. Following the „„One-health approach‟‟ of WHO for surveillance, emergency responses, prevention, management and control of infectious disease, it is imperative to assess distribution of personnel by profession at each point of entry so as to determine whether staffing is adequate or otherwise. Hence this study aims at assessing the adequacy or other wise of Human resources needed as frontline workers at PoEs for the implementation of IHR 2005. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2319-2402 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4304 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT) | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 12, 9 | |
| dc.title | Assessment of Human Resources Core Capacity under International Health Regulations 2005 (Ihr 2005) At Ports Of Entry (Poe) In Lagos. | |
| dc.type | Article |