Building health system capacities to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies
As the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated, every country is vulnerable to epidemics and emergencies. One of WHO’s main goals is to strengthen the resilience of communities and countries through universal health coverage (UHC) as the foundation for health emergency management.
Through the UHC Partnership, WHO supported Member States for health emergency preparedness in low- and middle-income countries that are most at risk, with weaker health systems.
The technical assistance provided by the UHC Partnership played a key role in the development, costing and implementation of strategic preparedness and response plans. This assistance was designed to build and maintain sustainable country capacities to prevent, detect and respond to future public health risks, and to address country gaps and needs through implementation of national action plans for health security (NAPHS). In addition, activities aimed to link NAPHS to national health sector strategic plans and to COVID-19 strategic preparedness and response plans.
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The UHC Partnership’s work in emergencies
WHO resources and tools