The Health–Security Interface Technical Advisory Group (HSI-TAG) : 2024 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, radio-nuclear and emerging threats. 

The annual meeting was convened in July 2024 to review progress and advance the work of WHO and the HSI-TAG. The 2-day meeting was attended by HSI-TAG members, its secretariat, WHO Regional Office focal points, representatives of relevant WHO advisory groups, United Nations (UN) agencies and international stakeholders to discuss global and regional perspectives and priorities for DE preparedness and response strategies. The group also considered the norm- and standard-setting work of WHO and support at country level.