Strategic and operational plan for coronavirus disease threat management: at a glance
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Overview
The WHO strategic and operational plan for coronavirus disease threat management sets out the global framework for supporting Member States in the sustained, integrated, evidence-based management of coronavirus disease threats, including COVID-19, MERS, and potential novel coronavirus diseases of public health importance. It emphasizes long-term, routine management of coronavirus diseases, embedded within national healthcare and health emergency systems and aligned with broader respiratory disease management strategies. The plan builds on and supersedes previous WHO strategic preparedness and response plans for COVID-19 and MERS.
This ‘At a glance’ document is released to
provide a high-level overview of the plan in advance of the release of
the full form. The full form of the plan is undergoing finalization and
will be released in due time.
Related links
- Global Health Strategy and Fourteenth General Programme of Work 2025–2028
- Standing recommendations for COVID-19 issued by the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) in accordance with the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR)
- From emergency response to long-term COVID-19 disease management: sustaining gains made during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Strengthening the global architecture for health emergency prevention, preparedness, response and resilience
- Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)