This annual report shares the work of the Health Security Preparedness department in a year full of achievements and opportunities. It underlines the department's commitment to sharing the visibility of our work on evidence-based health security preparedness information and actions for better-prepared countries. In this publication, you will read about our progress and impact in supporting Member States’ health security capacity to detect, prevent and respond to health emergencies in 2022 and the outlook for 2023.

This document provides an overview of the department's journey to support countries in strengthening their health emergency preparedness capacities and health systems. This publication captures reflections and action on the lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic, other health emergencies and how various stakeholders came together to strengthen the global health architecture for health emergency preparedness and response, with a stronger World Health Organisation (WHO) at its centre.