‘A health threat anywhere is a health threat everywhere’: new strategic framework for infectious hazard management discussed and adopted
19 December 2018 - From 16 to 19 December, nearly 100 infectious disease experts from Ministries of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO), and research institutes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) and worldwide, convened in Amman, Jordan, to discuss, review and adopt the new strategic framework for prevention and control of emerging and epidemic-prone diseases drafted by the Infectious Hazard Management Unit (IHM) at WHO’s Regional Office.