Strategic Framework for Action for Strengthening Surveillance, Risk Assessment and Field Epidemiology for Health Security Threats in the WHO South-East Asia Region – World

Executive Summary

WHO South-East Asia Region continuously faces increasingly complex health emergencies from various hazards. While countries in the Region have made considerable progress in strengthening health security systems, recent severe emergencies, including the COVID-19 pandemic, posed unprecedented challenges. At the same time, the countries in the Region have learned critical lessons in managing health security threats. Those lessons were synthesized in a regional meeting that took place…