Volume 3, Number 1—March 1997
Perspective
Designing an International Policy and Legal Framework for the Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases: First Steps
Bruce Jay Plotkin* and Ann Marie Kimball†
Table 2
Development of the International Health Regulations
| Year(s) | Action |
|---|---|
| 1951 | WHO Int'l Sanitary Regulations and additional regulations in 1955, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1965) |
| 1969 | Revised and renamed Int'l Health Regulations (regulations) |
| 1973 | Regulations revised |
| 1981 | Regulations revised (current version) |
| 1995 | WHO resolves to revise regulations |
