IHR
E14006
IHR refers to the International Health Regulations, a legally binding framework coordinated by the World Health Organization to prevent and respond to the international spread of disease.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IHR canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T127068 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IHR Context triple: [International Health Regulations, shortName, IHR]
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A.
HRS
HRS is an abbreviation commonly used for the Historical Records Survey, a New Deal-era program that documented and preserved historical public records in the United States.
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B.
HCR
HCR is the commonly used abbreviation for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN agency responsible for protecting and supporting refugees worldwide.
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C.
IGWT
IGWT is the commonly used abbreviation for the phrase "In God We Trust," the official motto of the United States.
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D.
HRK
HRK is the German Rectors' Conference, a voluntary association representing the interests of universities and other higher education institutions in Germany.
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E.
HUP
HUP is the commonly used abbreviation for Harvard University Press, a major academic publishing house affiliated with Harvard University.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IHR Target entity description: IHR refers to the International Health Regulations, a legally binding framework coordinated by the World Health Organization to prevent and respond to the international spread of disease.
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A.
HRS
HRS is an abbreviation commonly used for the Historical Records Survey, a New Deal-era program that documented and preserved historical public records in the United States.
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B.
HCR
HCR is the commonly used abbreviation for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN agency responsible for protecting and supporting refugees worldwide.
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C.
IGWT
IGWT is the commonly used abbreviation for the phrase "In God We Trust," the official motto of the United States.
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D.
HRK
HRK is the German Rectors' Conference, a voluntary association representing the interests of universities and other higher education institutions in Germany.
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E.
HUP
HUP is the commonly used abbreviation for Harvard University Press, a major academic publishing house affiliated with Harvard University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international health regulation
ⓘ
international health regulation ⓘ international legal instrument ⓘ public health treaty ⓘ |
| abbreviation | IHR ⓘ |
| administeredBy | World Health Organization ⓘ |
| adoptedBy |
World Health Assembly
ⓘ
World Health Assembly ⓘ |
| adoptionYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| aimsTo | avoid unnecessary interference with international traffic and trade ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
World Health Organization Member States
ⓘ
all hazards irrespective of origin or source ⓘ |
| broadensScopeTo | all public health risks that may cross borders ⓘ |
| coordinatedBy | World Health Organization ⓘ |
| covers |
all events that may constitute a public health emergency of international concern
ⓘ
biological hazards ⓘ chemical hazards ⓘ emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases ⓘ nuclear hazards ⓘ radiological hazards ⓘ |
| definesConcept | public health emergency of international concern ⓘ |
| enteredIntoForce |
1969
ⓘ
2007 ⓘ |
| establishes |
WHO IHR contact points
ⓘ
national IHR focal points ⓘ |
| focus | quarantinable diseases ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | legally binding ⓘ |
| includesMechanism |
declaration of a public health emergency of international concern
ⓘ
standing recommendations issued by the WHO Director-General ⓘ temporary recommendations issued by the WHO Director-General ⓘ |
| legalNature | binding on States Parties under international law ⓘ |
| primaryGoal |
to control the international spread of disease
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to prevent the international spread of disease ⓘ to protect against the international spread of disease ⓘ to provide a public health response to the international spread of disease ⓘ |
| providesFor | collaboration between WHO and States Parties in risk assessment and response ⓘ |
| requires |
States Parties to develop, strengthen and maintain core surveillance and response capacities
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core public health capacities at national, intermediate and local levels ⓘ designation of national IHR focal points ⓘ notification to WHO of events that may constitute a public health emergency of international concern ⓘ |
| revisedFrom |
International Health Regulations (1969)
ⓘ
linked to:
international health regulations
|
| scopeIncludes |
notification of public health events
ⓘ
public health emergencies of international concern ⓘ response to public health risks ⓘ surveillance of public health events ⓘ verification of public health events ⓘ |
| usedInResponseTo |
2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic
ⓘ
2014–2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa ⓘ
linked to:
2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak
2015–2016 Zika virus outbreak ⓘ COVID-19 pandemic ⓘ |
| version |
International Health Regulations (1969)
ⓘ
linked to:
international health regulations
International Health Regulations (2005) ⓘ
linked to:
international health regulations
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: IHR Description of subject: IHR refers to the International Health Regulations, a legally binding framework coordinated by the World Health Organization to prevent and respond to the international spread of disease.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
international health regulations
subject linked to:
IHR