Definition(s)
In the EU migration context, any disease with epidemic potential as defined by the International Health Regulations of the World Health Organization and other infectious diseases or contagious parasitic diseases if they are the subject of protection provisions applying to nationals of the EU Member States.
Source(s)
Art. 2(21) of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 (Schengen Borders Code).
Translations
- BG: N/A
- CS: ohrožení veřejného zdraví
- DE: Gefahr für die öffentliche Gesundheit / Bedrohung für die öffentliche Gesundheit
- EL: απειλή για τη δημόσια υγεία
- EN: threat to public health
- ES: amenaza para la salud pública
- ET: oht rahvatervisele
- FI: kansanterveyteen kohdistuva uhka
- FR: menace pour la santé publique
- GA: bagairt ar shláinte phoiblí
- HR: opasnost za javno zdravlje
- HU: közegészségügyi veszély
- IT: pericolo per la salute pubblica
- LT: grėsmė visuomenės sveikatai
- LV: sabiedrības veselības apdraudējums
- MT: Theddida għas-saħħa pubblika
- NL: gevaar voor de volksgezondheid
- PL: zagrożenie zdrowia publicznego
- PT: ameaça à saúde pública
- RO: N/A
- SK: ohrozenie verejného zdravia
- SL: grožnja javnemu zdravju
- SV: hot mot folkhälsan
- NO: trussel mot folkehelsen(b); trussel mot folkehelsa(n)
- KA: საზოგადოებრივ ჯანმრთელობასთან დაკავშირებული საფრთხე
- UK: загроза здоров'ю населення
- HY: հանրային առողջությանը սպառնալիք
Note(s)
The World Health Organization (WHO) mentions as health challenges e.g. outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and diphtheria, increasing reports of drug-resistant pathogens, growing rates of obesity and physical inactivity to the health impacts of environmental pollution and climate change and multiple humanitarian crises, for further information see: WHO: Ten threats to global health in 2019, 21 March 2019.