Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme (IOAC)
The IOAC is mandated to oversee and guide the WHO Health Emergencies Programme in coordinating all of WHO’s work in emergencies, to advise the Director-General on issues within its mandate and to report its findings to the World Health Assembly.
IOAC Reports to Governing Bodies and other documents
When the Committee was established in 2016, it was mandated to report to the WHO Executive Board and the World Health Assembly. In 2018, the Terms of Reference was updated to request the IOAC to report annually to the World Health Assembly through the Director-General.
List of IOAC Reports to Governing Bodies
17 May 2023
A76/8 Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme
11 May 2022
A75/16 Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme
10 January 2022
EB150/34 Report of the Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme’s Subcommittee for the PRSEAH
5 May 2021
A74/16 Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme
19 January 2021
IOAC statement to the 148th session of the Executive Board, 18-26 January 2021
4 November 2020
Looking back to move forward, IOAC report to the resumed WHA73/10
29 February 2020
IOAC Interim report on WHO’s response to COVID-19
23 December 2019
EB146/16 Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme
7 May 2019
A72/6 Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme
21 December 2018
EB144/8 Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme
7 May 2018
A71/5 Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme
12 January 2018
EB142/8 Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme
7 April 2017
IOAC Eight meeting of the Committee, 7 April 2017
13 January 2017
EB140/8 Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme
IOAC Field Mission Reports
Field visits are a critical component of the IOAC’s mission to review WHO’s work in outbreak and emergencies, including the operational aspects and functionality of the WHE Programme at the global, regional, and country levels. Below are the reports of field missions conducted by the IOAC since its’ inception in 2016.
The IOAC monitoring framework and the generic terms of reference for IOAC country visits are used to guide the assessments during country visits.
31 March 2023
IOAC Mission report to Malawi 5-8 March 2023
6 November 2019
IOAC Field visits in Turkey, 2-6 November 2019
2 May 2019
IOAC Field visit to Democratic Republic of the Congo 24 April – 2 May 2019
19 October 2018
IOAC Field visits in Uganda, 15-19 October 2018
4 May 2018
IOAC Field visits in Viet Nam, 2-4 May 2018
1 February 2018
IOAC Field visits in Bangladesh, 28 January – 1 February 2018
17 October 2017
IOAC Field visits in Mali, 10-13 October 2017
8 September 2017
IOAC Field visits in Pakistan, 6-8 September 2017
24 March 2017
IOAC Field visits in Iraq, 22-24 March 2017
6 March 2017
IOAC Field visits in Nigeria, 28 February – 6 March 2017
10 November 2016