WHO IHR contact points
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WHO IHR contact points are designated offices within the World Health Organization that serve as the primary channels for urgent communications and coordination with countries on public health events under the International Health Regulations.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National IHR Focal Point | 1 |
| National IHR Focal Points | 1 |
| WHO IHR contact points canonical | 1 |
| WHO regional IHR contact points | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T701460 — 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: WHO IHR contact points Context triple: [International Health Regulations (2005), establishes, WHO IHR contact points]
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A.
WHO Emergency Committee
The WHO Emergency Committee is a group of international public health experts convened by the World Health Organization to assess serious disease outbreaks and advise on whether they constitute a global health emergency.
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B.
WHO regional office network
The WHO regional office network is a system of geographically distributed World Health Organization offices that coordinate and implement public health policies and programs across different regions of the world.
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C.
IHR
IHR refers to the International Health Regulations, a legally binding framework coordinated by the World Health Organization to prevent and respond to the international spread of disease.
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D.
World Health Organization regional committee system
The World Health Organization regional committee system is the governance framework through which WHO’s six regional offices, including the Regional Office for Africa, collectively shape health policies, strategies, and priorities for their respective regions.
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E.
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.
- 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: WHO IHR contact points Target entity description: WHO IHR contact points are designated offices within the World Health Organization that serve as the primary channels for urgent communications and coordination with countries on public health events under the International Health Regulations.
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A.
WHO Emergency Committee
The WHO Emergency Committee is a group of international public health experts convened by the World Health Organization to assess serious disease outbreaks and advise on whether they constitute a global health emergency.
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B.
WHO regional office network
The WHO regional office network is a system of geographically distributed World Health Organization offices that coordinate and implement public health policies and programs across different regions of the world.
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C.
IHR
IHR refers to the International Health Regulations, a legally binding framework coordinated by the World Health Organization to prevent and respond to the international spread of disease.
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D.
World Health Organization regional committee system
The World Health Organization regional committee system is the governance framework through which WHO’s six regional offices, including the Regional Office for Africa, collectively shape health policies, strategies, and priorities for their respective regions.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
WHO-designated office
ⓘ
international health communication mechanism ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
event notification under the IHR
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international public health response coordination ⓘ public health emergency of international concern ⓘ risk assessment of international public health events ⓘ verification of public health information from States Parties ⓘ |
| availability | 24 hours a day ⓘ |
| communicationChannel | secure and rapid communication systems ⓘ |
| communicationType |
routine IHR-related communications
ⓘ
urgent event-related communications ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith |
National IHR Focal Points in each State Party
ⓘ
WHO country offices ⓘ WHO IHR contact points self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
WHO regional IHR contact points
|
| documentation | WHO IHR guidance and procedures ⓘ |
| establishedFor | implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005) ⓘ |
| geographicScope | global ⓘ |
| goal |
ensure timely exchange of information on public health risks
ⓘ
support prevention and control of international spread of disease ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
coordinate information sharing on public health risks and responses
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facilitate communication on temporary and standing recommendations issued under the IHR ⓘ liaise with WHO technical units on event management ⓘ maintain 24-hour availability for IHR communications ⓘ provide technical guidance related to IHR implementation ⓘ receive notifications of events that may constitute a public health emergency of international concern ⓘ send requests for verification of public health events to States Parties ⓘ support assessment of public health events under the IHR decision instrument ⓘ support capacity-building for IHR implementation in States Parties ⓘ |
| hasRole |
coordination of implementation of the International Health Regulations
ⓘ
primary channel for urgent communications with countries on public health events ⓘ |
| isCounterpartOf |
WHO IHR contact points
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
National IHR Focal Points
|
| language | official WHO languages (varies by office) ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Article 4 of the International Health Regulations (2005) ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
World Health Organization
ⓘ
surface form:
World Health Organization headquarters and regional offices
|
| monitors | information on acute public health events reported by States Parties ⓘ |
| operatesUnder |
international health regulations
ⓘ
surface form:
International Health Regulations (2005)
|
| partOf | World Health Organization ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Secretariat of the World Health Organization
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surface form:
WHO Health Emergencies Programme
epidemic and pandemic preparedness ⓘ global health security ⓘ |
| reportsTo |
Secretariat of the World Health Organization
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surface form:
WHO IHR Secretariat
|
| servesAs | official point of contact between WHO and States Parties for IHR-related matters ⓘ |
| supportsProcess |
communication of WHO recommendations to States Parties
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monitoring of IHR core capacities implementation ⓘ notification of events that may require a coordinated international response ⓘ |
| usedBy |
States Parties to the International Health Regulations
ⓘ
World Health Organization Member States ⓘ
surface form:
WHO Member States
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: WHO IHR contact points Description of subject: WHO IHR contact points are designated offices within the World Health Organization that serve as the primary channels for urgent communications and coordination with countries on public health events under the International Health Regulations.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
International Health Regulations (2005)
this entity surface form:
National IHR Focal Points
this entity surface form:
WHO regional IHR contact points
this entity surface form:
National IHR Focal Point