Presented by: Scott McNabb; Developed by: Affan Shaikh

This talk given at the 2013 Martin Luther King, Jr. Global Health Equity Summit 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.

Global Surveillance, Governance, and Viral Sovereignty @ MLK Summit, Washington DC, August 14, 2013

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