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PHEIC
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English
Pronunciation
en /feɪk/
en fake
Noun
en healthcare medicine en w:public health emergency of international concern.
en 2020-04-10 Stephen Buranyi The WHO v coronavirus: why it can't handle the pandemic w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/apr/10/world-health-organization-who-v-coronavirus-why-it-cant-handle-pandemic In 2005, the WHO drew up a new version of the International Health Regulations (IHR), the central legal document that all member states are bound by. It also allows the WHO to declare a public health emergency of international concern (or PHEIC, pronounced, incredibly, “fake”), using its own information, over the objection of any single country. https://web.archive.org/web/20261017225010/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/apr/10/world-health-organization-who-v-coronavirus-why-it-cant-handle-pandemic 17 October 2026
Translations
public health emergency of international concern
French: fr USPPI f
Spanish: es ESPII f
Anagrams
en cehip Piche Piech