Asia Pacific health security action framework

This Asia Pacific Health Security Action Framework builds on the achievements and approaches of Asia Pacific Strategy for Emerging Diseases and Public Health Emergencies, as well as the experiences of the region in responding to public health emergencies over the past 20 years. It works towards a vision of an “Asia Pacific region that is prepared for and resilient to public health emergencies through collective action and that contributes to global health security”. 

The Framework is intended to have a flexible implementation period of five to 10 years in order to accommodate different national planning cycles and variations in existing national capacities across the region. This time frame is also intended to accommodate global health security developments that may affect regional and national planning, such as a proposed international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response and targeted amendments to IHR (2005). The Framework identifies six interconnected and multisectoral domains of a health security system, based on the shared experiences and lessons of responding to public health emergencies in the Asia Pacific region over the past two decades.