IOAC Field visits in Turkey, 2-6 November 2019

Overview

The mandate of the IOAC is to provide independent scrutiny of the WHO Health Emergencies (WHE) Programme and to monitor WHO’s performance in health emergencies. The objective of the Turkey visit was to review WHO’s work in assisting the Government’s response to the Syrian crisis and in strengthening country preparedness in Turkey. WHO established a Country Office in Ankara in 1959 and a field office for covering cross-border operations into Syria in Gaziantep in 2014.