expression, noun
Public Health Emergency of International Concern; PHEIC
A formal WHO declaration for an extraordinary public health event that may spread internationally and require a coordinated global response. Used in news, government, and medical contexts.
WHOは新型コロナウイルスの流行を「国際的に懸念される公衆衛生上の緊急事態」と宣言した。
The WHO declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
この宣言は国際的に懸念される公衆衛生上の緊急事態として正式に記
This declaration was officially recorded as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
パンデミック refers to a worldwide spread of a disease, while this term is a specific WHO legal designation that may be declared before or without a full pandemic.
緊急事態宣言 is a domestic Japanese government declaration (e.g., under the Influenza Act), whereas this term is an international WHO declaration.
A direct Japanese translation of the English WHO term 'Public Health Emergency of International Concern', established in the International Health Regulations (2005). The phrase is a calque and has no independent etymological history in Japanese.