Emerging trends in international law concerning global infectious disease control

International cooperation has become critical in controlling infectious diseases. In this article, I examine emerging trends in international law concerning global infectious disease control. The role of international law in horizontal and vertical governance responses to infectious disease control...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2003-03, Vol.9 (3), p.285-290
Main Author: Fidler, David P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communicable Disease Control - legislation & jurisprudence
Communicable Disease Control - trends
Communicable diseases
global governance
Global Health
globalization
Humans
Infectious diseases
International aspects
International Health Regulations
international law
Laws, regulations and rules
Prevention
World Trade Organization
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Summary:International cooperation has become critical in controlling infectious diseases. In this article, I examine emerging trends in international law concerning global infectious disease control. The role of international law in horizontal and vertical governance responses to infectious disease control is conceptualized; the historical development of international law regarding infectious diseases is described; and important shifts in how states, international institutions, and nonstate organizations use international law in the context of infectious disease control today are analyzed. The growing importance of international trade law and the development of global governance mechanisms, most prominently in connection with increasing access to drugs and other medicines in unindustrialized countries, are emphasized. Traditional international legal approaches to infectious disease control--embodied in the International Health Regulations--may be moribund.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid0903.020336