Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Infectious Hazards (STAG-IH) Terms of reference

Overview

The Review Committee on the Role of the International Health Regulations (2005) in the Ebola Outbreak and Response recommended the establishment by WHO of “a standing advisory committee, which would have the primary purpose of regularly reviewing WHO’s risk assessment and risk communication; creates an intermediate level of alert via a new category of risk that requires specific follow-up, called an International Public Health Alert (IHPA); and develops an updated communication strategy” in its Report on the Role of the International Health Regulations (2005) in the Ebola Outbreak and Response (WHA69/21).