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ArticlePublic health2009

Enhancing legal preparedness for the prevention and control of infectious diseases: experience from severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong.

S M Y Choi, P Y Lam

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Article in Public health, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Planning for Pandemics: Lessons From the Past Decade.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2015
    Article
  3. Major emerging and re-emerging zoonoses in China: a matter of global health and socioeconomic development for 1.3 billion.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2014
    Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

S M Y ChoiDepartment of Health, Hong Kong. smychoi@dh.gov.hk
P Y Lam
Department of Health · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of legislation as a health protection tool forms an important and distinct aspect in the arena of public health. A review of Hong Kong's infectious disease legislation was conducted with a view to updating the legal framework for the prevention of infectious diseases, in order to strengthen the capacity of law to support strategy in the control of infectious diseases. This article shares Hong Kong's experience in reforming its public health legislation to: (1) update terminology and re-organize provisions in accordance with modern public health disease control principles and control mechanisms for disease; (2) enhance responsiveness for better preparedness and flexibility in handling emergent infections; (3) ensure appropriate checks and balances to coercive powers; and (4) introduce emergency powers for the handling of public health emergencies.

Indexed as

Communicable Disease ControlDisease OutbreaksHealth PolicyHong KongHumansSevere Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Identifiers

PMID19264334
PMCPMC7131346
OpenAlexW1979112513

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Registered trials

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