Following the results of the JEE report, the government of Myanmar requested WHO support in developing the National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS). Myanmar is the first country in SEARO to launch NAPHS with integrated budgets. This shows strong commitment and domestic/country ownership of the health security and sets a good example for other SEARO countries to follow suit. The three levels of WHO (HQ, RO, CO) will continue its effort to support Myanmar finalizing the NAPHS and turn into actions. 

The three day multi-stakeholder workshop, which brought together 62 participants including Myanmar’s officials (Permanent Secretary MOHS, DG and DDG, other head agencies and authorities), partners and donors (PREDICT, FAO, UK, WB, USAID, ADB, JICA, etc), institutions, and academia relevant for ensuring effective collaborations on health security, took place from 13 ^th-15^th September 2017 in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.

The meeting was led by the MoH with support by WHO, outlined process steps and resulted in a first draft action plan covering key priority activities to prevent, detect, respond and other IHR-related hazards and PoE. Based on the substantial progress made during the workshop, the necessary steps to follow were agreed upon: the Myanmar government will send the draft NAPHS to respective department for approval with a clear focus on strengthening the IHR core capacities. Further comments will be compiled into the draft NAPHS and send to WHO. Together with the support of WHO and other partners, the Costed NAPHS will be finalized. The Costed NAPHS is proposed to be disseminated by March 2018.

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