REMAP increases the visibility of the partner health security efforts. Often partners and countries do not have the full picture of the health security activities going on at national and subnational levels. Through the REMAP process, with country permission, partners are able to see the health security activities that are ongoing, therefore avoiding duplication of efforts and facilitating alignment.

The country should provide a request for resource mapping to the WHO country office. The request will be forwarded to the WHO regional office, which will inform WHO headquarters. The WHO regional office REMAP focal point will coordinate the resource mapping process with WHO headquarters and the WHO country office, which will engage government ministries in collaboration.

The REMAP tool and process was designed to support implementation of National Action Plans for Health Security (NAPHS) and has been adapted to also support COVID-19 preparedness and response plans and other country priority plans. The resource mapping process can be adapted based on country context.

Supporting implementation of national health security plans

Implementing National Action Plans for Health Security (NAPHS) and other country priority health security plans requires identifying gaps and needs, prioritizing decisions and mobilizing financial and technical resources (domestic and external) to support priority activities, all of which WHO Resource Mapping (REMAP) is designed to support.