Presented by: Scott McNabb, Affan Shaikh; Developed by: Affan Shaikh

This webinar reviews the origins of viral sovereignty as well as the rights of global health security and responsibilities of transparency required by the IHR (2005) for successful global public health surveillance today. It points out the critical, current issues and weighs the pros and cons of various options to move forward.

KEYWORDS: public health governance, viral sovereignty, MERS-CoV