UNGA SIDE EVENT | 1 OCTOBER 2020 | THURSDAY
| 07:00-08:30 EST | 13:00-14:30 CEST | 18:00-19:30 ICT |
Co-Sponsors: WHO, Finland, Indonesia, France
WHO and the Governments of the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Indonesia and the French Republic will co-host a meeting on Sustainable preparedness for health security and resilience: Adopting a whole-of-society approach and breaking the “panic-then-forget” cycle on 1 October 2020.
This meeting will bring together Ministers of Health and beyond, UN agencies, partners and donors interested and involved in public health emergency preparedness and response. It will capture good practices and lessons learnt in countries, explore innovative ways to address challenges, and seize opportunities and advances made during the COVID-19 pandemic to build better preparedness against future health threats.
Key objectives of the session are to:
Highlight experiences and lessons learnt by countries in emergency preparedness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic;
Advocate for long-term, sustainable emergency preparedness through diplomacy, investments, capacity building and health system strengthening;
Advocate applying a whole-of-society approach in countries for sustainable emergency preparedness through effective multisectoral collaboration and community engagement.
An identification of key needs and challenges, increased dialogue on further strengthening and sustaining preparedness in COVID-19 and beyond, and clear actions in building back better from the pandemic through effective multisectoral partnerships and community engagement are expected outcomes from the meeting.
For further information and queries, please contact Mr. Marc HO at hoz@who.int
For more information, visit:
https://extranet.who.int/sph/unga-side-meeting-sustainable-preparedness-health-security-and-resilience-adopting-whole-society
Let us join forces to advance health emergency preparedness