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The International Health Regulations adopted by the WHO (World Health Organisation) are a new instrument aimed at protecting world health. They replace the former post-war regulations which concentrated on border control, specifically the health control of ships and their crews, and which included international vaccination against yellow fever, to which other vaccinations were subsequently added. Emerging public health issues such as tuberculosis and malaria and even new ones such as bird flu and the risk of pandemic flu have made international cooperation and information on public health even more urgent.
Recent epidemics and pandemic threats have shown that no countries or regions are immune to health problems nor is it possible to guarantee this. These new Regulations encourage the exchange of information and urge countries to coordinate their responses to global threats, recognising that all countries are important and that mutual aid is essential.
In Portugal the health surveillance of borders, international vaccination and traveller advice have been receiving less and less attention, particularly due to the current government’s closure of the Regional Public Health Centres. Without a proper national surveillance system, the attention paid to these areas will continue to be mediocre."@en1
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