World Health Organization best practices for the naming of new human infectious diseases
15 May 2015
| Technical document
Overview
WHO, in consultation and collaboration with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has identified best practices for the naming of new human diseases, with the aim to minimize unnecessary negative impact of disease names on trade, travel, tourism or animal welfare, and avoid causing offence to any cultural, social, national, regional, professional or ethnic groups
.WHO Team
Editors
World Health Organization
Number of pages
3
Reference numbers
WHO Reference Number: WHO/HSE/FOS/15.1
Copyright
World Health Organization 2015