The World Health Report 2007

"The World Health Report 2007 - Global Public Health Security in the 21st Century: A Safer Future" focuses on specific issues that threaten the collective health of people internationally such as: infectious disease epidemics; pandemics; toxic threats; and other acute health events as defined by the revised International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005, which come into force in June 2007.The report explains the purpose of IHR (2005), which is to prevent the spread of disease across international b