Firman Jenny, Williams Stephanie A, Baggoley Chris
Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra, ACT,
Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra, ACT.
Public Health Res Pract. 2016 Dec 14;26(5):2651654. doi: 10.17061/phrp2651654.
Rapid international travel times and the arrival of new and unexpected infectious disease threats have demonstrated that, for effective communicable disease control, Australia's response needs to be flexible and coordinated. This paper summarises how our public health and clinical systems would respond to a case of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus and our responsibility under the International Health Regulations to notify the World Health Organization (WHO). It also describes the processes undertaken by WHO when it declares that a disease outbreak is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Australia has robust communicable disease response systems, tested by new threats for many years, which are under constant review and improvement.
快速的国际旅行时间以及新的、意想不到的传染病威胁的出现表明，为了有效控制传染病，澳大利亚的应对措施需要灵活且协调一致。本文总结了我们的公共卫生和临床系统将如何应对中东呼吸综合征（MERS）冠状病毒病例，以及我们根据《国际卫生条例》向世界卫生组织（WHO）通报的责任。它还描述了世卫组织宣布某疾病爆发构成国际关注的突发公共卫生事件时所采取的程序。澳大利亚拥有强大的传染病应对系统，多年来一直受到新威胁的考验，并且在持续审查和改进之中。
