Conduct novel research jointly with relevant stakeholders (including government and nongovernment actors) to assess gender-based health inequities and inequalities; how these may be exacerbated by potential health emergencies and how they negatively affect the country’s (and individuals’) capacity to prepare, respond and recover from health emergencies. This could also include holding consultations with communities living in vulnerable situations to identify priority gender needs and potential implementation mechanisms, to inform development of IHR sector specific action plans.