The International Health Regulations Strengthening Project is a UK Aid funded technical assistance project contributing to international efforts to improve global health security through increased compliance with the WHO International Health Regulations (2005).
Taking a One Health and an all hazards approach, the IHR Project works in partnership with National Public Health Institutes, ministries of health and regional organisations to support public health system strengthening to reduce the impact of public health emergencies and improve national, regional and ultimately global health security.
This dedicated knowledge hub shares news and learning from the project working with public health partners to build strong national public health systems better equipped to prevent, prepare for, detect, and respond to a wide range of global health threats.
April 2025
In light of the lessons learned from COVID-19, which underscored the urgent need for stronger multisectoral collaboration, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) International Health Regulations Strengthening Project (IHR-SP) in partnership with the Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (EMPHNET), brought together stakeholders from Egypt, Morocco, Iraq and Pakistan to transform how different government departments work together during health emergencies.
The four-day event, ‘From Rhetoric to Reality: Multisector Collaboration as a Key Priority for Global Health Security’, focussed on creating practical solutions to real-world MSC challenges faced by the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR).
In one of the earliest collaborations between UKHSA’s IHR-SP and Africa CDC, IHR-SP’s One Health and Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response teams have provided technical support to the concept and development of the first Africa CDC Knowledge Management Portal.
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