“Strengthening national emergency preparedness.” International Day of Epidemic Preparedness 2021; December 27th.

The second International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, being held on Monday, 27 December 2021, to advocate the importance of the prevention of, preparedness for and partnership against epidemics. WHO works closely with governments to support efforts to build strong emergency and epidemic preparedness systems, as part of an overall approach to advance universal health coverage

“Highlighting the importance of emergency preparedness.” International Day of Epidemic Preparedness 2020; December 27th.

The first International Day for Epidemic Preparedness was held on 27 December 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of investing in stronger national and global systems to prevent, detect and respond to infectious disease outbreaks in order to save lives, protect health and safeguard economies and society at large. To mark the day,

The U.N. General Assembly proclaimed 27 December as International Day of Epidemic Preparedness.

The General Assembly,Reaffirming its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in which it adopted a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative Sustainable Development Goals and targets, its commitment to working tirelessly for the full implementation of the Agenda by 2030, its recognition