Australia's National Action Plan for Health Security 2019-2023.

The goal of the Australia's National Action Plan for Health Security 2019-2023 (NAPHS 2019-2023) is to reduce human morbidity and mortality associated with public health events by providing a high-level framework to guide implementation of the recommendations born out of Australia’s Joint External Evaluation (JEE). The objectives of the NAPHS 2019-2023 are: 1) To strengthen and maintain capacity to prevent and reduce the likelihood of disease outbreaks and other public health events through regulation; activities at points of entry; immunization; surveillance; biosafety; and other activities. 2) To strengthen and maintain capacity to prepare for public health events by reviewing, updating and testing emergency response plans for relevant biological, chemical, radiological and nuclear hazards; mapping of potential hazards, resources and capacities; and provision of medical countermeasures. 3) To strengthen and maintain capacity to rapidly and accurately detect and assess disease outbreaks and public health events through surveillance; laboratory testing; communication; and risk assessment. 4) To strengthen and maintain capacity to rapidly and appropriately respond to and recover from emerging diseases and public health events through comprehensive preparedness and coordination mechanisms; and personnel deployment. 5) To build, strengthen and maintain strategic partnerships under a One Health, all-hazards, whole of government and whole of society approach. This includes sharing and incorporating lessons learnt into multisectoral coordination and communication mechanisms and national plans to continuously improve systems. 6) To practice leadership in International Health Regulations (2005) IHR implementation at the regional and global levels. This includes leading by example and actively supporting other Member States in achieving their core capacities under IHR.