Two decades have been dedicated to health emergency preparedness and response capacity building

The World Health Organization’s office in Lyon, France – a center of excellence in strengthening public health laboratories – contributes to global health safety and supports countries in building strong health emergencies. The office is celebrating today. 20th year.

WHO Director-General Dr. Tewodros Adhanom Gebre-Jesus and French Minister of Health Olivier Veran made a video presentation on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the World Health Organization.

“We have learned from the COVID-19 crisis that we need to do better to prepare for and respond to tomorrow’s health emergencies,” said Minister Olivier Vera. “The Lyon office of the World Health Organization will play a major role in this global health architecture in the future.”

The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners worked together 20 years ago to establish a World Health Organization office in Lyon. To strengthen the preparedness and response to the disease, especially in countries with less developed health resources and infrastructure.

Dr. Ryan Ryan, Director-General of the World Health Organization’s Emergency Situation Program: The founding partners of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Lyon Bureau have emerged as a center of excellence by strengthening public health laboratories with a shared vision and investment. I would like to thank the French government, Lyon Metropolitan and all Lyon’s technical and financial partners for their continuous and important support over the past 20 years and beyond.

The event brought together many celebrities and high-ranking officials.

“Lyon Metropol is a long-term partner of the World Health Organization. Today, Lyon’s office continues its 20-year commitment to scientific leadership and strong flexibility in the region and beyond in the health sector. His role was crucial to the CVD-19 crisis, particularly in terms of interventions and coordination between countries, although crises often led to self-immolation and exacerbated international competition. I am delighted that office teams have recently joined the building that housed the World Health Organization Academy in the heart of Lyon Bio-District. This encourages collaboration with the World Health Organization and other stakeholders in our ecosystem to withstand current and future health challenges. Lyon Metropol President Bruno Bernard: On your part, we reaffirm the contribution of France and Lyon Metropol to global health.

The event brought together international and national experts from countries, national health agencies, Lyon and France and the World Health Organization’s scientific community to discuss critical issues in public health emergencies and exchange experiences.

CVD-19 has proven to be effective in preventing, identifying and controlling epidemics in well-established and well-managed public health laboratories, saving lives and resources. During the outbreak, Lyon’s office helped thousands of laboratories improve their ability to test CV-19 in more than 100 countries. It has quickly built an online community for more than 180 thousands of laboratory professionals so they can participate, learn and collaborate with each other. It also supports the CVD-19 Device Access (ACT) access point.

Over the past two decades, the Lyon office has played a key role in the World Health Organization’s preparedness and response to pandemics and countries’ support.

The Lyon office has also developed leading professionals by designing interactive training programs and self-learning modules to enhance the skills and knowledge of leading health professionals and professionals in emergency preparedness, readiness and response. Countries, organizations and health professionals can build their own training programs and learn from and collaborate with the LSL Office, which provides a wide range of training resources and learning materials.

During the outbreak, the Lyon Office will lead countries to prevent and control the spread of the disease and will use scientific, risk-based approaches to organize and monitor mass conferences and increase their capacity when deciding on health-related protocols and international travelers and measures. Cross-border movement

Lyon’s partnership with the rich metropolitan health ecosystem and its future with the World Health Organization’s academy are crucial to better prepare countries and peoples for the health risks they face.

The future of global health depends on greater commitment and preparedness in the event of an emergency. With the necessary and sustained support of a number of technical and financial partners, and with the firm support of the French government and the Metro-Paul, the World Health Organization (WHO) is committed to helping countries improve their preparedness and responsiveness to disasters.