Publications

The WHO Health Emergencies Programme (WHE) was established in 2016, aiming “to build the capacity of Member States to manage health emergency risks and, when national capacities are overwhelmed, to lead and coordinate the international health response to contain outbreaks and to provide effective relief and recovery to affected populations”. It is built on the “one” concept – one emergencies programme, one workforce, one budget, one line of accountability, one process and set of benchmarks, to streamline its work from headquarters to country level, and thereby, make public health responses more predictable.