Integrated surveillance updates
Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 in WHO South East Asia Region
Providing Member States with strategic guidance, technical support, and coordination of activities essential to make health systems better prepared against seasonal, zoonotic, and pandemic influenza threats to populations and individuals.
IHM helps countries implement the global approach to pandemic influenza preparedness (PIP) and response. The unit coordinates the work related to improve and strengthen sharing of influenza viruses with human pandemic potential and increase access of countries to vaccines and other pandemic related supplies carried out under the PIP framework. Additionally, it is responsible for managing the PIP Partnership contribution funds to support Member States in the SEA region.
Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 in WHO South East Asia Region
Influenza pandemics can have significant consequences for human health and economic well-being worldwide. Vaccines are a critical component of pandemic...
The WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia convened the Annual Regional Meeting on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Partnership Contribution (PIP-PC)...
This report presents a comprehensive overview of influenza activity, surveillance performance and key programme outputs across Member States in 2025. It...
The Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Advisory Group (AG) is mandated, among other functions, to monitor the implementation of the PIP Framework and provide evidence-based assessments, reports and recommendations on its functioning to the Director-General.The Advisory Group meets twice annually, during which WHO regions provide updates on the implementation of PIP Framework activities. Key updates presented by WHO South-East Asia Regional Office (SEARO) to the PIP Advisory Group on the status of implementation are summarized below by year.
14 December 2022, Departmental news
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