International Health Regulations
Points of entry: IHR, Annex 1b and relevant articles
The IHR (2005) define a point of entry as "a passage for international entry or exit of travellers, baggage, cargo, containers, conveyances, goods and postal parcels, as well as agencies and areas providing services to them on entry or exit".
There are three types of points of entry:
- international airports
- ports
- ground crossings
States Parties to the IHR (2005) must meet (strengthen) public health capacities requirements at designated airports, ports and ground crossings in both routine circumstances and when responding to events that may constitute a public health emergency of international concern.
From other WHO sites
- A guide for public health emergency contingency planning at designated points of entry (only EN)
- IHR Brief No. 3: Points of entry under the IHR (2005) (PDF, 40 KB)
- Video: IHR implementation at ports, airports and groundcrossings [duration 00:03:00]
- Video: IHR implementation at ports, airports and groundcrossings [Russian](duration 00:03:00)
- List of ports authorized to issue ship sanitation certificates under IHR (2005)
- Assessment tool for core capacity requirements at designated airports, ports and ground crossings
WHO Headquarters, 2009 - Checklist for assessing core capacities at points of entry (see Appendix 2) (PDF, 810 KB)
- WHO Lyon Office IHR coordination