The WHO Health Emergencies Programme in the European Region focuses on several priority areas: 1) Country health emergency preparedness and International Health Regulations core capacity building. 2) Health emergency information and risk assessment through 24/7 monitoring and early detection of public health events. 3) Emergency operations management for graded health emergencies and coordination of partner responses. 4) Infectious hazard management including prevention and control strategies for high-threat pathogens. The Programme operates through core services and is working to ensure countries have the capacities for all-hazards health emergency risk management.

1. WHO Health Emergencies Programme:
progress in the European Region
Dr Nedret Emiroglu
Director
Health Emergencies and Communicable Diseases

2. Conceptual framework
Early Warning, Risk Assessment
and Emergency Response
Prevention and Control Strategies for
High-threat Infectious Hazards
International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005)
Assessment and Critical Core Capacities
Health Systems Strengthening
in High Vulnerability Countries

3. Scope, functions and structure of the WHO
Health Emergencies Programme
Core Services
Emergency
Operations
Country Health
Emergency
Preparedness and
IHR (2005)
Health Emergency
Information and
Risk Assessment
Infectious Hazard
Management

4. Priority areas in the European Region
WHO Health Emergencies Programme
Country Health
Emergency
Preparedness
and IHR (2005)
 Support Member States with preparedness and IHR core
capacity-building in an all-hazards and multisectoral approach
 IHR monitoring and evaluation framework and national plans
 Steps linking preparedness with health systems and essential
public health functions
Ensure country capacities are established for all hazards
health emergency risk management

5. Health
Emergency
Information
and Risk
Assessment
 Team is operating at all times (24/7) as
IHR Regional Contact Point
 Screening all signals to timely detect acute public
health events
 Risk and needs assessments and information
sharing
Ensure global alert systems for early detection
and risk assessment
Priority areas in the European Region
WHO Health Emergencies Programme

6. Emergency
Operations
 Establish the incident management system for all
graded events
 Management of response to all events, including
protracted emergencies
 Establish, manage and monitor partner
coordination mechanisms
Reduce mortality and morbidity in
health emergencies
Priority areas in the European Region
WHO Health Emergencies Programme

7. Infectious
Hazard
Management
 Support countries for prevention and control of high-
threat pathogens
 Mapping of high-risk pathogens most relevant to the
Region
Ensure prevention and control strategies and
capacities for high-threat infectious hazards
Priority areas in the European Region
WHO Health Emergencies Programme

8. WHO/Europe
Division of Health Emergencies and Communicable Diseases
• Joint Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis
• Vaccine Preventable Diseases and
Immunization
• Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases
Antimicrobial
Resistance
Country
Health
Emergency
Preparedness
and IHR
Health
Emergency
Information
and Risk
Assessment
Emergency
Operations
Infectious
Hazard
Management
Core Services
Health Emergencies Programme
DIRECTOR’S OFFICE
Communicable Diseases

9. Human resources alignment in WHO/Europe
Aug.
2016
Sep. – Oct.
2016
New structure
established
Key senior-level
positions filled;
alignment of existing
staff to new structure
completed
Jan. 2017 onwardsNov. – Dec.
2016
Recruitment for
remaining vacant
positions initiated
based on funding
availability
Recruitment for vacant
priority positions
initiated

10. WHO/Europe is ready and fully
committed to work with you to
make the Programme a success!