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.
The WHO declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
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.