Singh Sujeet Kumar, Kumar Sudhir
Airport Health Organisation, Palam, Delhi.
J Commun Dis. 2009 Jun;41(2):113-6.
The International Health Regulations (IHR 1969), replaced by IHR 2005 had been adopted by the World Health Assembly on 23 May 2005 and came into force on 15 June 2007. IHR 2005 are a legally binding agreement among World Health Organisation (WHO) member states and other states that have agreed to be bound by them. New revision was necessitated by concerns about increasing global health threats and the need to respond with more effective surveillance and control practices. The limitations of IHR 1969, which led to their revision, related to their narrow scope, their dependence on official country notifications, and their lack of a formal internationally coordinated mechanism to contain international disease spread. The IHR 2005, which is firmly based on practical experiences, has broaden the scope of IHR 1969 to cover existing, new and re-emerging diseases, including emergencies caused by non-infectious disease agents.
《国际卫生条例（1969）》已被《国际卫生条例（2005）》取代，后者于2005年5月23日由世界卫生大会通过，并于2007年6月15日生效。《国际卫生条例（2005）》是世界卫生组织（WHO）成员国以及其他同意受其约束的国家之间具有法律约束力的协议。由于对日益增加的全球健康威胁的担忧以及需要采用更有效的监测和控制措施来应对，因此有必要进行新的修订。导致《国际卫生条例（1969）》修订的局限性在于其范围狭窄、依赖国家官方通报以及缺乏遏制国际疾病传播的正式国际协调机制。《国际卫生条例（2005）》以实际经验为坚实基础，扩大了《国际卫生条例（1969）》的范围，涵盖现有、新出现和重新出现的疾病，包括由非传染性致病因子引起的紧急情况。
