Ports, airports and ground crossings
While international travel and trade bring many health benefits linked to economic development, they may also cause public health risks that can spread internationally at airports, ports and ground crossings through persons, baggage, cargo, containers, conveyances, goods and postal parcels.
The IHR (2005) provide a public health response in the form of obligations and standing or temporary non-binding recommendations in ways that avoid unnecessary interference with international travel and trade.
States Parties to the IHR (2005) must strengthen public health capacities at designated airports, ports and ground crossings in both routine circumstances and when responding to events that may constitute a public health emergency of international concern.
IHR authorized list of ports
PAGNet
Guidance, advice and tools
- Guide for public health emergency contingency planning at designated points of entry
- Guidelines for testing the efficacy of insecticide products used in aircraft
- Handbook for inspection of ships and issuance of ship sanitation certificates
- Guide to ship sanitation (third edition)
- Assessment tool for core capacity requirements at designated airports, ports and ground crossings
- International certificate of vaccination or prophylaxis
- International travel and health
- Public health passenger locator card
- Ship sanitation certificates
- Transportation working group
- Water and sanitation on ships and aircrafts
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IHR implementation at ports, airports and groundcrossings
Video -
WER-article: Public health measures taken at international boarders during early stages of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009
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WHO interim technical advice for case management of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 on ships
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Case management of Influenza A(H1N1) in air transport
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Guide to hygiene and sanitation in aviation: third edition
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Guide to hygiene and sanitation in aviation (1977) - part 1
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Guide to hygiene and sanitation in aviation (1977) - part 2
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WHO statement relating to cholera outbreaks and international travel and trade
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Related links
WHO works in close collaboration with other UN and international organizations to provide guidance to States Parties in the implementation of the IHR (2005).
IHR Lyon office
Highlights
- Guide to hygiene and sanitation in aviation (third edition)
- Guide to ship sanitation (third edition)
- IHR key publications
- COMBI: A toolkit for behavioural and social communication in outbreak response
- COMBI: Field Workbook for COMBI planning steps in outbreak response
- Laboratory Assessment Tool
- International travel and health
- Biosafety and laboratory security
- Training toolkit: Laboratory quality management system
- Biostatistics: New CD-ROM for self learning
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IHR implementation at ports, airports and ground crossings
Video - E-library: Knowledge, training and resources to support IHR implementation