International health regulations: public health emergencies, freedom-restricting measures, and individual freedom
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https://doi.org/10.3395/2317-269x.00266Keywords:
Health Surveillance, International Health Regulations, Freedom-restricting Measures, Quarantine and IsolationAbstract
This study aimed to identify the main features of the freedom-restricting control measures adopted by the signatories to the international health regulations (IHR) in case of epidemics/pandemics. Relationships were emphasized between laws and principles and benefits and disadvantages from adopting them. A literature review search was conducted in Medline, Scielo, and Web of Science databases using the key words “Restrictives Measures,” “Quarantine,” “Nonpharmaceutical,” “Quarantine and Isolation,” “medidas restritivas,” “Quarentena,” “não-farmacêuticas,” and “isolamento” in articles published in or before July 2012. Different countries showed different approaches, and economic, social, and administrative issues rather than quarantine and isolation were found to be the main concern in the discussion of freedom-restricting measures. There is tacit agreement regarding both the importance of restrictive measures in Public Health Emergencies and the realization that their effective enforcement entails problems not yet harmonized among IHR (2005) signatories.Downloads
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