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Table 2 Inductive codes generated per PHEIC

From: How have PHEIC determinations changed since the COVID-19 pandemic? A document analysis of 101 WHO International Health Regulations Emergency Committees’ statements

PHEIC

Codes generated*

Influenza Pandemic (H1N1), 2009–2010

surveillance, human-to-human transmission, no travel/trade restrictions, more information needed, unpredictable, extraordinary event

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS), 2013–2015

surveillance, human-to-human transmission, no travel/trade restrictions, more information needed, healthcare settings, whole-of-government response

Poliovirus IHR Emergency Committee, 2014–present

surveillance, human-to-human transmission, no travel/trade restrictions, more information needed, healthcare settings, extraordinary, severe, international spread, global risk, fragile state

Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa, 2014–2016

surveillance, human-to-human transmission, no travel/trade restrictions, more information needed, healthcare settings, severe, international spread, global risk, fragile state, quarantine, travel ban, political recommendations, extraordinary event

Zika Virus, 2016

surveillance, research, no travel/trade restrictions, geographic spread, more information needed, gaps in knowledge, accommodation of gatherings/events, Olympics, long-term management

Yellow Fever, 2016

surveillance, no travel/trade restrictions, serious, control measures, regional transmission, vaccine, prevention

Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equateur, 2018

surveillance, no travel/trade restrictions, serious, healthcare settings, severe, regional spread

Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kivu and Ituri, 2018

surveillance, no travel/trade restrictions, serious, healthcare settings, severe, regional and international spread, fear-based response, human-to-human transmission, more information needed, fragile state, humanitarian response, attention-grabbing, extraordinary event

COVID-19 PHEIC, 2020–2023

surveillance, serious, healthcare settings, severe, clinical discussion, international spread, unknowns, misinformation/disinformation, human-to-human transmission, more information needed, inequality/inequity, vaccine equity, virus evolution, global attention, limit travel/trade restrictions, risk management, public gatherings, politicization, self-criticism

mpox, 2022–2023

surveillance, low severity, international spread, unknowns, misinformation/disinformation, human-to-human transmission, more information needed, research gaps, divergent views/assessment, clinical information, deliberations, self-criticism

  1. * Please note that terms utilized in respective documents are presented here, rather than synonymous or like terms