The World Health Organization's Frontline Support to Countries During the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on January 30, 2020. WHO rapidly scaled up its response including through its 149 country offices to support Member States prepare for and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic....
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:602918ce9d35411f83779b3b18e04989 2023-05-15T16:05:58+02:00 The World Health Organization's Frontline Support to Countries During the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020 Amy Coates Kathleen Taylor Warren Corey Henderson Michelle McPherson Offeibea Obubah Peter Graaff Shambhu Acharya 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.850260 https://doaj.org/article/602918ce9d35411f83779b3b18e04989 EN eng Frontiers Media S.A. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.850260/full https://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565 2296-2565 doi:10.3389/fpubh.2022.850260 https://doaj.org/article/602918ce9d35411f83779b3b18e04989 Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 10 (2022) COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 pandemic response World Health Organization World Health Organization country offices technical assistance Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.850260 2022-12-31T04:16:05Z The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on January 30, 2020. WHO rapidly scaled up its response including through its 149 country offices to support Member States prepare for and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. This article describes the frontline role of the WHO Country Offices (WCOs) and demonstrates that WHO utilized its existing country presence to deliver its global program of work during this unprecedented emergency. Using data collected from the 2020 WHO COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan monitoring and evaluation framework assessments, plus data collected in a quantitative survey completed by 149 WCOs during 2020, this article describes how WHO supported national authorities and partners through leadership, policy dialogue, strategic support, technical assistance, and service delivery, in line with WHO's current 5-year strategic plan, the WHO 13th General Programme of Work 2019–2023. Country level case studies were used to further illustrate actions taken by WCOs. WHO's achievements notwithstanding, the Organization faced several key challenges in the first year of the response. Recommendations to enhance WHO presence in countries for future emergency prevention, preparedness and response, from several independent reviews, were presented to the World Health Assembly in May 2021 and relevant recommendations are presented in this article. Article in Journal/Newspaper Emergency, Prevention, Preparedness, and Response Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Frontiers in Public Health 10 |
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The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on January 30, 2020. WHO rapidly scaled up its response including through its 149 country offices to support Member States prepare for and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. This article describes the frontline role of the WHO Country Offices (WCOs) and demonstrates that WHO utilized its existing country presence to deliver its global program of work during this unprecedented emergency. Using data collected from the 2020 WHO COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan monitoring and evaluation framework assessments, plus data collected in a quantitative survey completed by 149 WCOs during 2020, this article describes how WHO supported national authorities and partners through leadership, policy dialogue, strategic support, technical assistance, and service delivery, in line with WHO's current 5-year strategic plan, the WHO 13th General Programme of Work 2019–2023. Country level case studies were used to further illustrate actions taken by WCOs. WHO's achievements notwithstanding, the Organization faced several key challenges in the first year of the response. Recommendations to enhance WHO presence in countries for future emergency prevention, preparedness and response, from several independent reviews, were presented to the World Health Assembly in May 2021 and relevant recommendations are presented in this article. |
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