A team from the Department of Communicable Diseases of the Regional Office carried out an IHR assessment mission in Pakistan in February 2013. The mission aimed to establish communication with IHR focal points and assessing the core capacities required under IHR (2005).
The mission also assisted the national authorities to develop a plan of action to implement IHR capacity requirements. The mission met several stakeholders including senior officials at the federal and regional level associated with health as well as from the agriculture, environment, industry and trade, food and drug agencies, justice, points of entry and civil aviation sectors. Pakistan will submit a plan of action for IHR implementation capacity to obtain a two year extension by 15 June 2014.
