IAR E-Learning Courses
IAR Overview
This 4 minutes video introduces the "Country COVID-19 Intra Action Review (IAR)" as promoted by the World Health Organization, including the methodology and available resources available to countries.
National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS)
National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) and Costing
Last updated on 09 May 2025
Activities
| Region | Country | Date | Status | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| African Region | Mauritania | 14 Apr 2025 - 18 Apr 2025 | Conducted | |
| Western Pacific Region | Samoa | 18 Mar 2025 - 19 Mar 2025 | Conducted | |
| African Region | Liberia | 04 Nov 2024 - 09 Nov 2024 | Conducted | |
| African Region | South Africa | 27 Jan 2025 - 31 Jan 2025 | Conducted | |
| African Region | Nigeria | 23 Jan 2025 - 24 Jan 2025 | Conducted | |
| African Region | Democratic Republic Of The Congo | 21 Oct 2024 - 25 Oct 2024 | Conducted | |
| African Region | Burkina Faso | 16 Sep 2024 - 18 Sep 2024 | Conducted | |
| European Region | Georgia | 01 Nov 2024 | Conducted | |
| African Region | Côte d'Ivoire | 07 Oct 2024 - 12 Oct 2024 | Conducted | |
| African Region | Uganda | 23 Sep 2024 - 27 Sep 2024 | Conducted |
Ongoing & Planned
17
COMPLETED
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National Action Planning for Health Security (NAPHS) is a country owned, multi-year, planning process that is based on One Health for all-hazards, and whole-of-government approach. It captures national priorities for health security including key actions for addressing capacity gaps, and resources required to accelerate development of IHR core capacities. Since 2016, WHO has worked closely with Member States and partners to support development and implementation of NAPHS through technical instruments and advocacy for increased funding for development of IHR core capacities to improve health security.
Intra-Action Review (IAR)
Intra-Action Review (IAR)
Last updated on 26 May 2025
| Region | Country | Activity dates | Status | Documentation | Read more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Region | Ukraine | 28 Jan 2021 to 29 Jan 2021 | Conducted | Read more | |
| African Region | Angola | 11 Feb 2021 to 12 Feb 2021 | Conducted | Read more | |
| African Region | Cameroon | 22 Feb 2021 to 26 Feb 2021 | Conducted | Read more | |
| South-East Asia Region | Bhutan | 25 Feb 2021 to 27 Feb 2021 | Conducted | Read more | |
| African Region | Botswana | 21 Apr 2021 to 22 Apr 2021 | Conducted | Read more | |
| European Region | Greece | 17 Dec 2021 | Conducted | Read more | |
| African Region | Kenya | 31 May 2021 to 01 Jun 2021 | Conducted | Read more | |
| African Region | Madagascar | 28 Jul 2021 to 30 Jul 2021 | Conducted | Read more | |
| African Region | United Republic Of Tanzania | 25 Jan 2021 to 29 Jan 2021 | Conducted | Read more | |
| South-East Asia Region | Bangladesh | 01 Feb 2021 | Conducted | Read more |
This 4 minutes video introduces the "Country COVID-19 Intra Action Review (IAR)" as promoted by the World Health Organization, including the methodology and available resources available to countries.
In light of the protracted nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries may wish to conduct periodic reviews during the event so they can continue to reflect on the ongoing response and revise national and subnational response strategies and plans as needed. WHO, having recognized this need, developed the Guidance for conducting a Country COVID-19 intra-action review (IAR) and accompanying tools.
A Country COVID-19 Intra-Action Review (IAR) is a country-led and facilitated process that allows stakeholders of the ongoing COVID-19 response to review the functional capacities of public health and emergency response systems at the national or subnational levels to identify best practices, gaps and lessons learned, and propose corrective measures and actions for immediate remediation or sustained improvement of the COVID-19 outbreak response.
Although not an official component of the International Health Regulations Monitoring Evaluation Framework, intra-action reviews have been issued as one of the temporary recommendations to State Parties during the fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) convened by the WHO Director-General on 31 July 2020. Moving forward, there is also the opportunity to use intra-action reviews for other protracted public health events beyond COVID-19.
Management and Facilitation of a Country COVID-19 Intra-Action Review (IAR) Online Course
Overview: The Country COVID-19 Intra-Action Review (IAR) is a facilitated process that brings together COVID-19 responders from multiple sectors for experience sharing and collective learning, and it has been modelled after the WHO After Action Review (AAR) methodology. This course provides a general introduction to the management and the facilitation of an IAR during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic through presentations, quizzes and an assessment at the end of the course to test the knowledge acquired. It targets any individuals or entities involved in the preparedness of and response to the COVID-19 outbreak at the national or subnational levels, including but not limited to Government officials, WHO staff, public health professionals, communities and partners.
Learning objectives: By the end of this course, participants should be able to:
- Explain the context and the purpose of a Country COVID-19 IAR.
- Describe the general flow of the Country COVID-19 IAR process.
- Describe the resources available for conducting an IAR, when to use them, and where to find them.
- Distinguish the roles and responsibilities of the IAR lead coordinator, facilitators, moderator, note-takers and report writer, IT support, and participants in the IAR process and describe the techniques for participatory facilitation and tips for online facilitation.
Please note that an audio is available for this course.
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Health Systems for Health Security Workshop
Date
2021-05-20
Region
Brief description
Health Systems for Health Security Workshop
Thursday, 20 May 2021 | 1200 to 1700 hrs (CET)
The World Health Organization & the University of Leeds co-organize a workshop on “Health Systems for Health Security”.
Countries have made significant progress in improving capacities to manage health emergencies. Yet recent events, including the COVID-19 pandemic, have demonstrated that no country is fully prepared to deal with a crisis of this scale, speed and severity. While exposing gaps in health security, the COVID-19 pandemic has also highlighted limitations in health systems to absorb the shock and increased demands of such an event, including being flexible and agile enough to adapt to disruptions and ensuring the continuity of essential health services. Although governments have accomplished much about health security, there is a clear need for building more robust and more resilient health systems to prevent, prepare for, earlier detect, rapidly respond to, and recover from public health emergencies. Thus, this is a timely opportunity to leverage the advances made in COVID-19 and increase investments in health systems for health security (#HSforHS).
Opening remarks will be delivered by
Dr. Jaouad Mahjour - Assistant Director-General, Emergency Preparedness and International Health Regulations - WHO
Professor Simone Buitendijk - Vice Chancellor - University of Leeds
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