Health Action International

health measures

Community Health Services Branch

health and social services provision | health or welfare activity

sanitary and social preventive and action services

decentralised cooperation [ decentralized cooperation | local government external action | municipal international cooperation ]

International Mine Action Standards [ IMAS ]

This action should: (a) define the scope and standard operating procedures (SOPs), in particular the role of the different authorities involved and a satisfactory coordination mechanism; (b) identify contact points for a network of public health authorities for the surveillance of and response to health threats due to communicable diseases and other threats which could impact on international conveyance areas at designated airports; (c) assist Member States and their airport authorities to develop core capacities and to implement the new International H ...[+++]ealth Regulations, with a particular focus on the implementation of core capacity requirements for the surveillance of and response to health threats due to communicable diseases and other cross-border threats which could impact on international conveyance areas at designated airports; (d) explore the impact on additional requirements for airport infrastructure, both in terms of personnel and equipment; and (e) based on experience in the maritime transport sector, create a network of public health authorities responsible for civil air transportation, with authority over at least the main international airports in the Member States, with the involvement and collaboration of airlines.

Actions planned under this objective will help develop common approaches to prepare for possible health emergencies, to co-ordinate a response to such health emergencies at European level, and to support national capacity building in preparedness and management of health crises taking into account international initiatives.

Action n° 8: Develop and/or strengthen multilateral and bilateral commitments for the prevention and control of AMR in all sectors. Multilateral cooperation Cooperate with WHO EURO in implementing the new Regional Strategies against AMR and Multi Drug Resistant tuberculosis across the WHO EURO Region. Contribute to further development of the Health Codes of the OIE and promote the implementation of Codex Alimentarius internationals standards on AMR. Initiate cooperation on reduction of the environmental pollution by antimicrobial medicines particularly from production facilit ...[+++]ies. Bilateral cooperation Strive to maintain and deepen transatlantic cooperation against AMR through active participation in the TATFAR and the implementation of its recommendations.

Furthermore the entry into force of the International Health Regulations (2005) commits the international community to provide a public health response to the international spread of diseases in ways that are commensurate with and restricted to public health risks, and which avoid unnecessary interference with international traffic and trade.