Meanings
nounPHEIC (plural PHEICs)
plural PHEICs
- abbreviationacronymgovernmentAcronym of public health emergency of international concern.
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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.
2020 April 10, Stephen Buranyi, “The WHO v coronavirus: why it can't handle the pandemic”, in The Guardian
Translations
French USPPI
- USPPIpublic health emergency of international concern
Spanish ESPII
- ESPIIpublic health emergency of international concern
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APA
PHEIC. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PHEIC
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“PHEIC.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PHEIC. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “PHEIC,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PHEIC.
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