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The following are downloadable documents related to the ISTAR Infectious Disease Compact.
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Dr. Harvey Rubin's Presentation on the Infectious Disease Compact
(made at the Infectious Disease Society of America conference in Toronto, Canada on October 12th 2006) [2Mb]

THE NEW ARMS RACE: Making the Case for an International Compact for Infectious Diseases
by Compact Authors

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Global Public Health Surveillance under New International Health Regulations - by Michael G. Baker* and David P. Fidler, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 12(7), 2006.

From International Sanitary Conventions to Global Health Security: The New International Health Regulations - by David P. Fidler, Chinese Journal of International Law, 4(2), 2005.

Germs, governance, and global public health in the wake of SARS - by David P. Fidler, The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 113(6), 2004.

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The International Health Regulations and Beyond - by Lawrence Gostin, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 4; 606, 2004.

WHO 58th World Health Assembly 2005 Report

The International Health Regulations (2005) Update

International Health Regulations - Comments from the Center for Law & the Public's Health at the Georgetown& Johns Hopkins Universities

WHO Intergovernmental Working Group on Revisions of the International Health Regulations - Full Report, 24 January 2005.

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Global Pathogen Surveillance Act of 2005 - 109th Congress, 1st Session

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Strengthening the Role of Genomics in Global Health - by Tara Acharya, Abdallah S. Daar, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Peter A. Singer, PLoS Medicine, 1(3), 2004.

Realising the Promise of Genomics: Exploring Governance - by Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Abdallah S. Daar, Tara Acharya and Peter A. Singer, International Journal of Biotechnology, 8(1/2), 2006.

The New International Health Regulations and the Federalism Dilemma - by Kumanan Wilson, Christopher McDougall, Ross Upshur, the Joint Centre for Bioethics SARS Global Health Ethics Research Group, PLoS Medicine, 3(1), 2006.

United Nations Treaty Collection - Treaty Reference Guide

United Nations: Focus 2005 - Responding to Global Challenges, A Multilateral Treaty Framework [7Mb]

The Emergency Preparedness Review Committee (EPRC) of Philadelphia

Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial on the EPRC Report

Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial on the EPRC Report (2)