Ebere Okereke
Biographic Data
| ID | 1923228 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ebere Okereke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ebere |
| FAMILY NAME | Okereke |
| SIGNATURE | OKEREKE E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Public Health England |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0136-213X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Understanding the expectations, positions and ambitions of LMICs during pandemic treaty negotiations, and the factors contributing to them
Global South countries account for two-thirds of WHO Member States and are a crucial voice in negotiating the ‘pandemic treaty’, which Member States agreed was necessary if the world was to avoid a repeat of the significant inequity that resulted during COVID-19. The negotiation of a pandemic treaty presents an opportunity to recalibrate global health systems and processes for pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. However, for this to e…
Asean’s response to mpox
The role of international support programmes in global health security capacity building
Large scale public health emergencies such as COVID-19 demonstrate the importance of Global Health Security (GHS) and highlight the necessity of resilient public health systems capable of preparing for, detecting, managing, and recovering from such emergencies. Many international programmes support low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to strengthen public health capabilities for compliance with the International Health Regulations (IHR). This…
Leveraging the HIV response to strengthen pandemic preparedness
The COVID-19 pandemic and the expectation of future pandemic threats have generated a global dialogue on strengthening pandemic preparedness and response (PPR). Thus far, this dialogue has largely failed to fully consider the critical role that established, disease-specific programs played in national and regional COVID-19 responses, and the potential for these programs to contribute to stronger pandemic preparedness for the future. The HIV respo…
Empowering African women leaders is key for health equity
Improving National Intelligence for Public Health Preparedness
The COVID-19 epidemic is the latest evidence of critical gaps in our collective ability to monitor country-level preparedness for health emergencies. The global frameworks that exist to strengthen core public health capacities lack coverage of several preparedness domains and do not provide mechanisms to interface with local intelligence. We designed and piloted a process, in collaboration with three National Public Health Institutes (NPHIs) in E…
Evaluating implementation of International Health Regulations core capacities
BACKGROUND: The International Health Regulations (IHR) are a legally binding instrument designed to improve Global Health Security by limiting the cross boarder spread of health risks. All 196 signatories to the IHR (2005) are required to report progress towards IHR core capacity implementation through an annual multi-sectoral self-assessment process known as the State Parties Self-Assessment Annual Reporting (SPAR). This mandatory process sits a…
The Global Health Security Index
► The Global Health Security Index (GHSI) is a new tool that can be used to assess a country's global health security.► It uses open-source information to establish how each of the 195 International Health Regulations signatory countries meet 85 subindicators across six categories.► The process is comprehensive; however, questions remain over the skew of indicators towards the priorities of high-income countries, the validity of some indicators, …
Using critical information to strengthen pandemic preparedness
COVID-19 has demonstrated that most countries’ public health systems and capacities are insufficiently prepared to prevent a localised infectious disease outbreak from spreading. Strengthening national preparedness requires National Public Health Institutes (NPHIs), or their equivalent, to overcome practical challenges affecting timely access to, and use of, data that is critical to preparedness. Our situational analysis in collaboration with NPH…
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The Global Health Security Index
► The Global Health Security Index (GHSI) is a new tool that can be used to assess a country's global health security.► It uses open-source information to establish how each of the 195 International Health Regulations signatory countries meet 85 subindicators across six categories.► The process is comprehensive; however, questions remain over the skew of indicators towards the priorities of high-income countries, the validity of some indicators, …
Using critical information to strengthen pandemic preparedness
COVID-19 has demonstrated that most countries’ public health systems and capacities are insufficiently prepared to prevent a localised infectious disease outbreak from spreading. Strengthening national preparedness requires National Public Health Institutes (NPHIs), or their equivalent, to overcome practical challenges affecting timely access to, and use of, data that is critical to preparedness. Our situational analysis in collaboration with NPH…
Improving National Intelligence for Public Health Preparedness
The COVID-19 epidemic is the latest evidence of critical gaps in our collective ability to monitor country-level preparedness for health emergencies. The global frameworks that exist to strengthen core public health capacities lack coverage of several preparedness domains and do not provide mechanisms to interface with local intelligence. We designed and piloted a process, in collaboration with three National Public Health Institutes (NPHIs) in E…
Evaluating implementation of International Health Regulations core capacities
BACKGROUND: The International Health Regulations (IHR) are a legally binding instrument designed to improve Global Health Security by limiting the cross boarder spread of health risks. All 196 signatories to the IHR (2005) are required to report progress towards IHR core capacity implementation through an annual multi-sectoral self-assessment process known as the State Parties Self-Assessment Annual Reporting (SPAR). This mandatory process sits a…
The role of international support programmes in global health security capacity building
Large scale public health emergencies such as COVID-19 demonstrate the importance of Global Health Security (GHS) and highlight the necessity of resilient public health systems capable of preparing for, detecting, managing, and recovering from such emergencies. Many international programmes support low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to strengthen public health capabilities for compliance with the International Health Regulations (IHR). This…
Leveraging the HIV response to strengthen pandemic preparedness
The COVID-19 pandemic and the expectation of future pandemic threats have generated a global dialogue on strengthening pandemic preparedness and response (PPR). Thus far, this dialogue has largely failed to fully consider the critical role that established, disease-specific programs played in national and regional COVID-19 responses, and the potential for these programs to contribute to stronger pandemic preparedness for the future. The HIV respo…
Empowering African women leaders is key for health equity
Understanding the expectations, positions and ambitions of LMICs during pandemic treaty negotiations, and the factors contributing to them
Global South countries account for two-thirds of WHO Member States and are a crucial voice in negotiating the ‘pandemic treaty’, which Member States agreed was necessary if the world was to avoid a repeat of the significant inequity that resulted during COVID-19. The negotiation of a pandemic treaty presents an opportunity to recalibrate global health systems and processes for pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. However, for this to e…
Asean’s response to mpox
Political science (9 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (5 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Global health (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Preparedness (4 works)