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Health security remains a strategic priority for the Asia-Pacific Region as countries confront increasingly complex, multi-hazard threats while implementing the strengthened global health security architecture established through the amended International Health Regulations (2005) and the WHO Pandemic Agreement.
The Asia Pacific Health Security Action Framework (APHSAF) provides a regional platform to translate these global commitments into coordinated and practical action. It reflects a shared commitment to collaboration and solidarity, and the alignment of regional priorities with the evolving global health security landscape through a multi-hazard, multisectoral and cross-border approach.
In 2026, the APHSAF Stakeholders Meeting will convene countries and areas to focus on four key areas of health security: strengthening an emergency-ready workforce as part of the Global Health Emergency Corps, regional operational readiness, multi-source surveillance, and a regional mechanism for emergency coordination – the ‘Joint Emergency Risk Management Action Plan (JERMAP)’.
Agenda
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/teams/regional-emergencies-programme-and-division-of-health-security-and-emergencies-(dse)/country-health-emergency-preparedness-ihr-(cpi)/jermap.png?sfvrsn=527c4b92_3 "Joint Emergency Risk Management Action Plan") | Joint Emergency Risk Management Action Plan (JERMAP) as part of the Global Health Emergency Corps: Applying JERMAP through hazard-based planning, and identify relevant emergency scenarios, coordination mechanisms and core principles to guide its implementation.
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