World Health Organization and International Health Regulations

International Health Regulations: The global health agency says Canada new policy contravenes the spirit if not the letter of the International Health Regulations, but there is nothing the WHO can do about it. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. That treaty stipulates that in a global public health emergency, countries shouldn't take actions that impede international trade or travel beyond what the World Health Organization has recommended. And if they do, the WHO can ask them for the scientific evidence underpinning the move. Canada appears to have used a loophole a rather large one to justify to the World Health Organization its decision to stop issuing visas to residents and nationals of Ebola-affected countries. International health law experts have said Canada policy, announced Oct. 31, is a violation of the International Health Regulations, known as the IHR. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.