Dr Noor Hisham: Need to beef up collaboration to plug severe gaps in managing global health emergencies

KUALA LUMPUR: Healthcare needs strong cooperation and collaboration to address the "severe gaps" in managing health emergencies across nations, as evident during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah stressed this today when thanking World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for the report of the first meeting of the standing committee on pandemic response.

Dr Noor Hisham was appointed chair of the new WHO Standing Committee on Health Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (SCHEPPR) last year. The committee met virtually on Dec 12, 2022.