The Maritime Declaration of Health (MDH) as a tool to detect maritime traffic-related health risks: analysis of MDH forms submitted to Spanish ports, October 2014 to March 2015
Abstract:The international maritime traffic of people and goods has often contributed to the spread of pathogens affecting public health. The Maritime Declaration of Health (MDH), according to the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005), is a document containing data related to the state of health on board a ship during passage and on arrival at port. It is a useful tool for early detection of public health risks. The main objective of our study was to evaluate compliance with the model provided in the IHR, focus… Show more
“…Accurate MDH completion was both a challenge identified and a lesson learned. A study assessing MDHs submitted to Spanish ports found over one-fifth did not comply with the International Health Regulations model and nearly 40% were incomplete [18]. Guidelines must clearly advise reporting of all COVID-19 cases from the start of the voyage to reflect the epidemiological situation.…”
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“…Accurate MDH completion was both a challenge identified and a lesson learned. A study assessing MDHs submitted to Spanish ports found over one-fifth did not comply with the International Health Regulations model and nearly 40% were incomplete [18]. Guidelines must clearly advise reporting of all COVID-19 cases from the start of the voyage to reflect the epidemiological situation.…”
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).
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