EB146/16 Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme

Overview

Remarkable progress has been noted in terms of WHO’s leadership in disease outbreaks, country preparedness, research, and the Organization’s increasingly visible role in managing health in protracted crises. Clearly, however, WHO cannot do everything alone and needs to work together with partners and with political and operational support.

The IOAC will continue to monitor WHO’s performance in light of this multiplicity of roles and the constraints of financing. 43. The IOAC is reassured by WHO’s leadership and strategic vision with regard to the transformation agenda. The transformation process is not intended to dilute the WHE Programme but to improve synergy and make the most of the expertise and capacity existent in other programmes. Given that the Organization is still in transition, the IOAC will closely monitor progress against key performance indicators and report to the Member States, whose responsibility it also is to keep WHO transformation on track.