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Notifiable disease. A notifiable disease is any disease that is required by law to be reported to government authorities. The collation of information allows the authorities to monitor the disease, and provides early warning of possible outbreaks. In the case of livestock diseases, there may also be the legal requirement to kill the infected ...
Notifiable infectious diseases. Anthrax. Arboviral diseases, neuroinvasive and non-neuroinvasive. California serogroup virus diseases. Chikungunya virus disease. Eastern equine encephalitis virus disease. Powassan virus disease. Saint Louis encephalitis virus disease. West Nile virus disease.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. HIV infection. Influenza - avian influenza in humans; Influenza -laboratory confirmed. Novel influenza A infection. Influenza. Influenza -associated pediatric mortality and novel influenza A infection. Japanese encephalitis virus infection. Japanese encephalitis.
A notifiable disease is one which the law requires to be reported to government authorities. In England and Wales, notification of infectious diseases is a statutory duty for registered medical practitioners and laboratories, under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 and (in England) the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010.
The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act ( Ryan White CARE Act, Pub. L. 101–381, 104 Stat. 576, enacted August 18, 1990) was an act of the United States Congress and is the largest federally funded program in the United States for people living with HIV/AIDS. In exchange for States adopting harsh criminal laws regulating the ...
Logo of the World Health Organization. The International Health Regulations (IHR), first adopted by the World Health Assembly in 1969 and last revised in 2005, are a legally binding rules that only apply to the WHO that is an instrument that aims for international collaboration "to prevent, protect against, control, and provide a public health response to the international spread of disease in ...
The 1878 National Quarantine Act was drafted as six sections establishing regulations for contagious or infections diseases, transmissible maritime vessels, transitioning quarantine authority from the States to the federal government, and the development of a national quarantine system. Contagious or infections diseases - 20 Stat. 37 § I.
The Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22) is a piece of legislation for England and Wales which requires physicians to notify the 'proper officer' of the local authority of any person deemed to be suffering from a notifiable disease. [1] [2] It also provides powers to isolate infected individuals to prevent the spread of such a ...