international health regulations
E2573
World Health Organization framework
international health regulation
international legal instrument
public health regulation
revised international health regulation
International Health Regulations are a legally binding global framework coordinated by the World Health Organization to prevent, detect, and respond to public health risks that can cross borders and threaten international health security.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T33681 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: international health regulations Context triple: [World Health Organization, fieldOfWork, international health regulations]
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A.
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized international agency that directs and coordinates global health efforts, including disease control, health policy, and emergency response.
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B.
Geneva Conventions
The Geneva Conventions are a series of international treaties that set the standards of humanitarian treatment in war, protecting wounded soldiers, prisoners of war, and civilians.
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C.
International Maritime Organization
The International Maritime Organization is a United Nations specialized agency responsible for regulating international shipping, including safety, environmental standards, and maritime security.
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D.
International Civil Aviation Organization
The International Civil Aviation Organization is a United Nations specialized agency that sets global standards and regulations to ensure safe, efficient, and orderly international civil aviation.
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E.
International Organization for Migration
The International Organization for Migration is a leading intergovernmental body that works globally to promote humane and orderly migration for the benefit of migrants and societies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: international health regulations Target entity description: International Health Regulations are a legally binding global framework coordinated by the World Health Organization to prevent, detect, and respond to public health risks that can cross borders and threaten international health security.
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A.
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized international agency that directs and coordinates global health efforts, including disease control, health policy, and emergency response.
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B.
Geneva Conventions
The Geneva Conventions are a series of international treaties that set the standards of humanitarian treatment in war, protecting wounded soldiers, prisoners of war, and civilians.
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C.
International Maritime Organization
The International Maritime Organization is a United Nations specialized agency responsible for regulating international shipping, including safety, environmental standards, and maritime security.
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D.
International Civil Aviation Organization
The International Civil Aviation Organization is a United Nations specialized agency that sets global standards and regulations to ensure safe, efficient, and orderly international civil aviation.
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E.
International Organization for Migration
The International Organization for Migration is a leading intergovernmental body that works globally to promote humane and orderly migration for the benefit of migrants and societies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World Health Organization framework
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international health regulation ⓘ international legal instrument ⓘ public health regulation ⓘ revised international health regulation ⓘ |
| adoptedBy |
World Health Assembly
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World Health Assembly ⓘ World Health Assembly ⓘ |
| adoptionYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
World Health Organization Member States that are States Parties
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points of entry including airports, ports, and certain ground crossings ⓘ |
| basedOn | all-hazards approach to public health threats ⓘ |
| contains |
Annex 1: core capacity requirements
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Annex 2: decision instrument for notification of events ⓘ Annexes on points of entry and health documents ⓘ |
| coordinatedBy | World Health Organization ⓘ |
| enteredIntoForce | 15 June 2007 ⓘ |
| establishes |
procedures for declaring a public health emergency of international concern
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standing recommendations for routine public health risks ⓘ temporary recommendations by the WHO Director-General ⓘ |
| field | international public health law ⓘ |
| focus | specific infectious diseases such as cholera, plague, and yellow fever ⓘ |
| governedBy | World Health Assembly resolutions ⓘ |
| language | adopted in the six official UN languages through WHO ⓘ |
| legalStatus | legally binding on States Parties ⓘ |
| linkedTo | concept of global health security ⓘ |
| objective |
assess public health risks systematically
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detect public health events rapidly ⓘ report public health events promptly to WHO ⓘ respond effectively to public health risks ⓘ |
| principle |
avoid unnecessary interference with international traffic and trade
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collaboration between States Parties and WHO ⓘ respect for human rights ⓘ transparency in public health reporting ⓘ |
| purpose |
control public health threats
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prevent international spread of disease ⓘ protect against public health risks ⓘ provide public health response to international disease spread ⓘ |
| region | global ⓘ |
| requires |
core public health capacities for surveillance and response
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designation of National IHR Focal Points ⓘ event assessment using the IHR decision instrument ⓘ notification to WHO of events that may constitute a public health emergency of international concern ⓘ |
| scope |
all events that may constitute a public health emergency of international concern
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biological, chemical, and radionuclear events ⓘ emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases ⓘ global health security ⓘ international disease spread ⓘ public health emergencies of international concern ⓘ |
| shortName | IHR ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic
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2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak ⓘ 2015–2016 Zika virus outbreak ⓘ COVID-19 pandemic ⓘ |
| version |
international health regulations
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
International Health Regulations (1969)
international health regulations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
International Health Regulations (2005)
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: international health regulations Description of subject: International Health Regulations are a legally binding global framework coordinated by the World Health Organization to prevent, detect, and respond to public health risks that can cross borders and threaten international health security.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
International Health Regulations (2005)
international health regulations
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version
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international health regulations
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
International Health Regulations
this entity surface form:
International Health Regulations (1969)
international health regulations
→
version
→
international health regulations
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
International Health Regulations
this entity surface form:
International Health Regulations (2005)
this entity surface form:
International Health Regulations (2005)
this entity surface form:
International Health Regulations (2005)
this entity surface form:
International Health Regulations in the African Region
subject surface form:
International Health Regulations
this entity surface form:
International Health Regulations (1969)
subject surface form:
International Health Regulations
this entity surface form:
International Health Regulations (2005)
subject surface form:
International Health Regulations (2005)
this entity surface form:
International Health Regulations (1969)
Annex 2: decision instrument for notification of events
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partOf
→
international health regulations
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this entity surface form:
International Health Regulations (2005)
Annex 2: decision instrument for notification of events
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shortName
→
international health regulations
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this entity surface form:
Annex 2 of the International Health Regulations (2005)
Annex 2: decision instrument for notification of events
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subjectOf
→
international health regulations
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this entity surface form:
International Health Regulations (2005) Annex 2
Annex 2: decision instrument for notification of events
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includedIn
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international health regulations
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this entity surface form:
World Health Organization International Health Regulations (2005) publication
Annex 2: decision instrument for notification of events
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relatedTo
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international health regulations
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this entity surface form:
Article 7 of the International Health Regulations (2005)
Annex 2: decision instrument for notification of events
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adoptedWith
→
international health regulations
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this entity surface form:
International Health Regulations (2005) text adopted by the World Health Assembly in 2005
this entity surface form:
International Health Regulations (2005)
subject surface form:
World Health Assembly
this entity surface form:
International Health Regulations amendments
this entity surface form:
International Health Regulations
this entity surface form:
International Health Regulations
this entity surface form:
International Health Regulations (2005)
this entity surface form:
International Health Regulations (2005)
States Parties to the International Health Regulations
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follows
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international health regulations
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this entity surface form:
International Health Regulations (2005)
States Parties to the International Health Regulations
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legalBasis
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international health regulations
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this entity surface form:
International Health Regulations (2005)