National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS 2021-2025).
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Type of law
Policy
Abstract
The National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS 2021-2025) (The NAPHS) takes into account a set of guiding principles and core values such as resilience, country ownership and leadership; community engagement; partnership inter-sectoral and multidisciplinary collaboration, evidence-led and forwards looking, and the One Health approach. The NAPHS will be a coordination platform to map and ensure interplay between multiple sectors and other existing plans at all administrative. The NAPHS covers 19 technical areas to effectively prevent, detect, and respond to public health threats. Detailed plans for each technical area were developed by multi-sectoral working groups, to cover the period 2021- 2025. In line with the Strategic Framework for Health Emergency Preparedness, priority activities were framed taking into account the One Health Approach, Health System Strengthening, Societal, all government and sectoral engagement.
Specific Objectives are: 1) To obligate rapid effective multi sectoral national and international response through integrated coordination and communication process; 2) To strengthen and sustain core capacity to prevent and mitigate health consequences of outbreaks, disasters and other public health hazards; 3) To strengthen and sustain efficient core capacity for timely detection, reporting and effective multi sectoral, national and international response to health emergencies and all outbreaks; 4) To strengthen IHR core capacities at designated Points of Entry (PoE) in order to implement specific public health measures required to manage a variety of public health risks; 5) To develop surveillance and capacity for chemical risk events and radio-nuclear hazards with effective communication and collaboration among the sectors responsible for chemical safety, radio-nuclear management, industries, transportation and safety disposal; and 6) To strengthen institutional framework to support Health Security and One Health Approach implementation.
Specific Objectives are: 1) To obligate rapid effective multi sectoral national and international response through integrated coordination and communication process; 2) To strengthen and sustain core capacity to prevent and mitigate health consequences of outbreaks, disasters and other public health hazards; 3) To strengthen and sustain efficient core capacity for timely detection, reporting and effective multi sectoral, national and international response to health emergencies and all outbreaks; 4) To strengthen IHR core capacities at designated Points of Entry (PoE) in order to implement specific public health measures required to manage a variety of public health risks; 5) To develop surveillance and capacity for chemical risk events and radio-nuclear hazards with effective communication and collaboration among the sectors responsible for chemical safety, radio-nuclear management, industries, transportation and safety disposal; and 6) To strengthen institutional framework to support Health Security and One Health Approach implementation.
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Entry into force notes
2021-2025.
Repealed
No
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No