The Health–Security Interface Technical Advisory Group (HSI-TAG) : 2023 annual meeting summary - Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER)

Overview

The Health–Security Interface Technical Advisory Group (HSI-TAG) was established by WHO to provide advice on bridging the public health and security sectors, also known as the health-security interface (HSI), including preparedness and response to deliberate events (DE) and to chemical biological, radiological and nuclear threats. The group, first convened in 2019 and now acting under terms of reference updated in 2022, provides independent advice to WHO on topics, strategic priorities and plans of action related to the HSI. In response to the 2022 updated terms of reference and formalization of the HSI-TAG, new members were appointed in an open selection process. The 18 current HSI-TAG members have a wide breadth of expertise, including public health, defense and ntelligence, chemical and biological preparedness and readiness, biosafety and biosecurity and risk communications. The Biosafety and Health Security Protection (BSP) unit in the Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention Department serves as secretariat to the HSI-TAG.