Regional approaches for enhancing global health security

Many nations, however, lack the capacity to prevent, detect and respond to public health emergencies, although such core capacities are obligated under the 2005 International Health Regulations (IHR), and the importance of prioritizing this capacity building has been reinforced through multilateral...

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Published in:BMC public health 2019-05, Vol.19 (Suppl 3), p.473-473, Article 473
Main Authors: Katz, Rebecca, Standley, Claire J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communities
Cost control
Disease control
Disease prevention
Ebola virus
Emergencies
Emergency preparedness
Emergency response
Health surveillance
International aspects
International regulations
Management
Medical cooperation
Medical laboratories
Opinion
Pathogens
Preventive medicine
Public health
Regional development
Regions
Regulation
Regulations
Security
Surveillance systems
World health
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Summary:Many nations, however, lack the capacity to prevent, detect and respond to public health emergencies, although such core capacities are obligated under the 2005 International Health Regulations (IHR), and the importance of prioritizing this capacity building has been reinforced through multilateral initiatives such as the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA). Since entry into force of the International Health Regulations in 2007, most of the focus of global health capacity building has been at the national level. [...]the World Bank’s Regional Disease Surveillance Systems Enhancement (REDISSE) project leverages the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and specifically its public health arm, the West African Health Organization (WAHO), to build surveillance, laboratory, workforce, and emergency response capacity across the region [5]. The challenges with building effective global health security capacity have been well documented. Since the revised IHR entered into force in 2007, countries have called on WHO and the broader international community to provide continued technical and financial assistance for implementation, while also rightly demanding that capacity building solutions are nonetheless tailored to local needs and systems.
ISSN:1471-2458
1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/s12889-019-6789-y