The IHR (1969) were primarily intended to monitor and control six serious infectious diseases: cholera, plague, yellow fever, smallpox, relapsing fever and typhus.

• 《国际卫生条例(1969)》的初衷是监测和控制6种严重的传染病:霍乱、鼠疫、黄热病、天花、回归热和伤寒。