2021-12-07-世界卫生组织-Border_Health_and_Mass_Gatherings_2页_414kb

• The BORDER HEALTH AND MASS GATHERINGS initiative, led by the WHO, aims to strengthen country capacities for detecting, assessing, preventing, and mitigating health risks at mass gatherings (e.g., sports, religious, cultural events) and cross-border movements.

• Key components include promoting a risk-based approach to public health security, building capacities of health officials at points of entry and for mass gatherings through training and courses, and enhancing collaboration with international agencies like ICAO, IATA, IOM, IMO, ILO, CDC.

• Engagement includes stakeholder involvement, facilitation of multi-sectoral planning, monitoring, and evaluation platforms, and support for countries with expert advice, tools, technical guidance, and advocacy materials.

• Specific programs address vector surveillance and integrated vector management (IVM) to combat disease spread by developing training-of-trainers guidance and a vector-identification platform. It also includes global knowledge networks like PAGNet for sharing best practices and guidance.

• Public health capacity building focuses on management of health events in air transport and ships, with online courses and collaborations, including risk assessments and operational tools for ground crossings and cross-border collaboration.

• Activities contribute to legacy building in host countries by improving health infrastructure, skills, and sustainable improvements in planning and evaluation for safe mass gatherings.

This initiative is housed at the WHO office in Lyon, France, emphasizing international collaboration and risk-based management for enhanced health security at borders and events.