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cord-314278-ea73au8c	Gostin, Lawrence O	The International Health Regulations 10 years on: the governing framework for global health security	2015-11-25		.txt	text/plain	2332	140	39	The Director-General has sole power to declare and to terminate a public health emergency of international concern but must consider information provided by a State Party; the decision instrument; Emergency Committee advice; scientifi c principles and evidence; and a risk assessment of human health, international spread, and interference with international traffi c. If the Director-General declares a public health emergency of international concern, she must issue temporary, non-binding recommendations describing health measures that States Parties should take. State Parties widely disregarded WHO's temporary recommendations; 7, 8 however, in 2011, the Review Committee on International Health Regulations functioning during the H1N1 infl uence pandemic cautioned, "The world is ill-prepared to respond to a severe infl uenza pandemic." 9 In 2014, the Director-General declared two further public health emergencies of international concern, for polio and for Ebola.	./cache/cord-314278-ea73au8c.txt	./txt/cord-314278-ea73au8c.txt