TY - JOUR
T1 - International law reform for One Health notifications
AU - Carlson, Colin J.
AU - Phelan, Alexandra L.
N1 - Funding Information:
ALP has worked as a consultant to WHO on matters relating to international law and pandemic response. ALP and CJC have received funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2022/8/6
Y1 - 2022/8/6
N2 - Epidemic risk assessment and response relies on rapid information sharing. Using examples from the past decade, we discuss the limitations of the present system for outbreak notifications, which suffers from ambiguous obligations, fragile incentives, and an overly narrow focus on human outbreaks. We examine existing international legal frameworks, and provide clarity on what a successful One Health approach to proposed international law reforms—including a pandemic treaty and amendments to the International Health Regulations—would require. In particular, we focus on how a treaty would provide opportunities to simultaneously expand reporting obligations, accelerate the sharing of scientific discoveries, and strengthen existing legal frameworks, all while addressing the most complex issues that global health governance currently faces.
AB - Epidemic risk assessment and response relies on rapid information sharing. Using examples from the past decade, we discuss the limitations of the present system for outbreak notifications, which suffers from ambiguous obligations, fragile incentives, and an overly narrow focus on human outbreaks. We examine existing international legal frameworks, and provide clarity on what a successful One Health approach to proposed international law reforms—including a pandemic treaty and amendments to the International Health Regulations—would require. In particular, we focus on how a treaty would provide opportunities to simultaneously expand reporting obligations, accelerate the sharing of scientific discoveries, and strengthen existing legal frameworks, all while addressing the most complex issues that global health governance currently faces.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00942-4
DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00942-4
M3 - Review article
C2 - 35810748
AN - SCOPUS:85135386989
SN - 0140-6736
VL - 400
SP - 462
EP - 468
JO - The Lancet
JF - The Lancet
IS - 10350
ER -