How to use the WHO benchmarks for strengthening health emergency capacities?
- A framework
- to benchmark health emergency capacities for prevention, preparedness, response and resilience to public health risks and events (including health systems and other sectors)
- A tool:
- to facilitate the process for the development of a national action plan for IHR, health security or emergency preparedness
- to monitor the progress of national action plans, pandemic fund activities and others using actions achieved over time - as is being used for Pandemic Fund implementation monitoring
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- to generate evidence, document progress and conduct operational research
- to develop assessment and evaluation recommendations
- to develop new strategies, programs, prioritization, plans and proposals
- to prioritize and mobilize resources for health security, IHR and health emergencies
- to draft and develop disease-specific plans
- to align the implementation of global and regional initiatives
WHO Benchmark tool online portal
The WHO benchmark online portal is a digital tool that is user friendly, which:
- a step-by-step process to support countries in planning processes for emergency preparedness and management.
- includes functionality to generate and filter actions based on type and sector, as well as additional actions for threat-agnostic readiness or disease-specific activities.
The tool can be accessed by following below button :