Pheic

//feɪk// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of public health emergency of international concern. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

    "In 2005, the WHO drew up a new version of the International Health Regulations (IHR), the central legal document that all member states are bound by. […] It also allows the WHO to declare a public health emergency of international concern (or PHEIC, pronounced, incredibly, “fake”), using its own information, over the objection of any single country."

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"In 2005, the WHO drew up a new version of the International Health Regulations (IHR), the central legal document that all member states are bound by. […] It also allows the WHO to declare a public health emergency of international concern (or PHEIC, pronounced, incredibly, “fake”), using its own information, over the objection of any single country."

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