Creating solutions for a better response: Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network Regional Partners Meeting for the Western Pacific, November 2024
10.5365/wpsar.2024.15.5.1319
- Author:
Sharon Salmon
1
;
Kanae Takagi
2
;
Kieh Christopherson
3
;
Kuniko Oka
4
Author Information
1. World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines; UNSW Medicine & Health, School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2. Japan Institute for Health Security (formerly the National Center for Global Health and Medicine), Tokyo, Japan
3. Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra, Australia
4. Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
emergency;
Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network;
GOARN;
disease outbreak, Western Pacific
- From:
Western Pacific Surveillance and Response
2024;15(5):25-28
- CountryWHO-WPRO
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The inaugural hybrid virtual and in-person meeting of the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network partners in the WHO Western Pacific Region convened on 20–21 November 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. Hosted by the National Centre for Global Health and Medicine and Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the meeting aimed to enhance regional preparedness and response capabilities for emerging health threats, aligning with the Asia Pacific Health Security Action Framework. The meeting concluded with a consensus on the necessity for sustained engagement, expanded training programs, and strengthened research initiatives to fortify health security across the Western Pacific Region.
- Full text:2025122211250732963wpsar-15-1319 Salmon FINAL.pdf
