Universal health care, healthier populations, and stronger public health: how SEARO is working with countries to strengthen disease control and preparedness through its flagship priorities.

Abstract

Since the creation of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948, it has been a challenge to ensure that priorities across the organization are aligned, and at the same time meet the varied needs of its six culturally and ethnically different regions. The World Health Assembly (WHA) sets the WHO global agenda and the workplan–or programme of work–that is reviewed, modified and endorsed by consensus of ministers of health of all WHO member countries. The WHO Regional Committees (RC), regional subsets of the same ministers of heath, review, modify and endorse the agenda and workplan for the region. Alignment is presumed, but sometimes not accomplished.

Additional Information

Item Type	Article
Faculty and Department	Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology & International Health (2023-)
Elements ID	211136
Official URL	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100309