Robust and flexible platforms for coordination and collaboration can harness the national capacities built through smart, coordinated strengthening of preparedness and readiness and enable their translation into a regional and international capability for health emergency preparedness and response.
Strengthen health emergency coordination through standardized approaches to the strategic planning, financing, operations and monitoring of health emergency preparedness and response 45.
The COVID-19 pandemic showed that resilience to health emergencies can be strengthened in key areas by broader and closer collaboration between organizations and institutions at national, regional and global levels before health emergencies hit.
Coordination across the emergency cycle requires a coherent and well-structured approach for health emergency preparedness planning, accompanied by a comprehensive emergency response framework and associated incident management infrastructure.