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ArticleGlobal health action2025

Two rounds of the Pandemic Fund at the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region: progress, lessons learned, challenges, and way forward.

Mohamed Elhakim, Amgad Elkholy, Mary Stephen, Richard John Brennan, Ahmed Zouiten

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Article in Global health action, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Mohamed ElhakimHealth Security and Preparedness, WHO Health Emergencies Program, World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-5785-1592
Amgad ElkholyHealth Security and Preparedness, WHO Health Emergencies Program, World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, Cairo, Egypt.
Mary StephenHealth Security and Preparedness, WHO Health Emergencies Program, World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, Cairo, Egypt.
Richard John BrennanRegional Emergency Director, WHO Health Emergencies Program, World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, Cairo, Egypt.
Ahmed ZouitenRegional Emergency Director (a.i.), WHO Health Emergencies Department, World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, Cairo, Egypt/WHO Representative Libya Country Office, Tripoli, Libya.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

World Health Organization (WHO) played an important role in supporting the Member States of the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) apply for awards from the Pandemic Fund - a vital source of funding for pandemic preparedness and response. The aim of this commentary is to reflect the contributions of WHO EMR during the first two funding rounds of the Pandemic Fund, while highlighting the lessons learned, and addressing the ongoing challenges faced across the region. As EMR Member States continue to build and strengthen their health security capacities, WHO's involvement has catalyzed the improvement of early warning systems, laboratory capacity, and workforce development. However, challenges remain, including sustainability, enhancing regional cooperation, the widespread state fragility, and multiple conflicts across the region.

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COVID-19Financing, OrganizedPandemicsWorld Health OrganizationHumansInternational CooperationMediterranean RegionSARS-CoV-2COVID-19 gainsEastern Mediterranean Regionglobal health securityhealth preparednessInternational Health RegulationsPandemic Fund

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PMID40340513
PMCPMC12068331

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