
Expansion of the South-East Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund (SEARHEF) / World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
Tác giả : World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
Nhà xuất bản : World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
Năm xuất bản : 2024
Chủ đề : 1. Governing Board. 2. Governing body documents.
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Tóm tắt : | The South-East Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund (SEARHEF) is an operational fund of the SE Asia Region established in 2008 to provide support to the health sector response of Member States during emergencies. This Response Stream funding mechanism is designed to provide financial support for the first three months following a disaster that occurs in an affected country to support life-saving health interventions. At the Sixty-ninth session of the Regional Committee, the scope of SEARHEF was expanded to cover a Preparedness Stream with the objective of further supporting preparedness initiatives in the Region. Both streams of the Fund are governed by a Working Group comprising Members nominated by Member States of the Region. The Working Group meets regularly to assess the utilization of SEARHEF both the Preparedness and Response streams and advise the Secretariat. Till date, 49 emergencies in 10 Members States have been supported and a total disbursement of over US$ 8.03 million has been made under response stream of SEARHEF. Based on the recommendation of the SEARHEF Working Group meeting of August 2023, the Seventy-sixth session of the Regional Committee advised the Secretariat to analyse the needs and gaps of Member States in responding to emergencies. Accordingly, a detailed analysis of SEARHEF utilization, needs and gaps was undertaken. This included in-depth interviews of senior officials and advisers of Member States and Working Group members, and review of policy documents and utilization reports. The Working Group for governance of SEARHEF at the virtual meeting convened in July 2024 advised the Secretariat to propose to the Seventy-seventh Session of the Regional Committee to increase the corpus of SEARHEF to US$ 3 million with effect from the 2026–2027 biennium with possible roll-over of unspent balance.The attached Working Paper was presented to the High-Level Preparatory (HLP) Meeting for the Seventy-seventh Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia, held in New Delhi, India from 2 to 4 September 2024, for its review and recommendations. The HLP Meeting reviewed the paper and made the following recommendations for actions to be taken, for the consideration of the Seventy-seventh Session of the Regional Committee: Actions by Member States(1) Positively consider the expansion of the SEARHEF corpus considering the identified needs and gaps.(2) Guide the Working Group and the Secretariat about the changes that need to be reflected in the business rules, including clear criteria for categorized emergency events and supporting management of medical emergencies, including small-scale emergencies such as poisoning.(3) Guide the Working Group and the Secretariat in developing a resource mobilization strategy for SEARHEF and a monitoring and evaluation framework for improved transparency and accountability. Actions by WHO(1) Draft a resolution that would be tabled for adoption at the Seventy-seventh Session of the Regional Committee for expansion of the corpus to US$ 3 million with effect from the next biennium. This resolution would supersede the earlier two relevant Regional Committee resolutions on SEARHEF.(2) Hold wider consultations with Member States and stakeholders for preparing draft revised business rules for SEARHEF for consideration of the Seventy-eighth Session of the Reginal Committee.(3) Organize a face-to-face meeting of the Working Group for detailed consultations on the topics mentioned above. This Working Paper along with the HLP Meeting recommendations are placed before the Seventy-seventh Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia for its consideration and decision. |
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https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/378940 |