Networks, Committees, Advisory Groups and Taskforces
Below is a non-exhaustive list of different collaborations that WHO plays a part in. The networks, committees, advisory groups and taskforces listed below are of varying scale, each with a different structure and relationship to WHO. Separately, see a list of WHO expert advisory panels and committees.
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ACT-Accelerator Ethics & Governance Working Group
Acute Care Action Network (ACAN)
Advisory Committee for Variola virus Research
Advisory Committee on Safety of Medicinal Products (ACSoMP)
Advisory Group meeting on fair pricing
Advisory Group on the Governance of the Private Sector for UHC
Advisory Group on Therapeutics Prioritization for COVID-19
AMDS - Access to Medicine and Diagnostics Services Network
Antiretroviral Drug Optimization
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Chemical Risk assessment Network
Child Health Accountability Tracking technical advisory group (CHAT)
Civil Society Task Force on TB
Clinical Consortium on Healthy Ageing
WHO Council on the Economics of Health For All
COVID-19 IHR Emergency Committee
COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control Guidance Development Group
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Diagnostics Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases (DTAG-NTD)
Digital Health Technical Advisory Group
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Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Equateur) IHR Emergency Committee
Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kivu and Ituri) IHR Emergency Committee
Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa (2014-2015) IHR Emergency Committee
Emerging and Dangerous Pathogens Laboratory Network (EDPLN)
Emerging Diseases Clinical Assessment and Response Network (EDCARN)
Expert Advisory Panel on Traditional and Complementary Medicine
Expert Committee on Biological Standardization
Expert Committee on Drug Dependence
Expert Committee on Selection and Use of Essential Medicines
Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations
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Facilitation Council for the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator
FAO/WHO International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN)
FAO/WHO nutrient requirements for children aged 0–36 months
Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG)
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The Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety
Global Air Pollution and Health - Technical Advisory Group
Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD)
Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership
Global Chemicals and Health Network
Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of NCDs
Global Group of Heads of State and Government for the Prevention and Control of NCDs
Global Framework for Development and Stewardship to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance
Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS)
Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance
Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centres for Bioethics
Global network of WHO collaborating centres for occupational health
Global Network of National Road Safety Leaders
Global Network on Long-term Care (GNLTC)
Global Summit of National Bioethics Committees
Global Task Force on TB Impact Measurement
Global Validation Advisory Committee (GVAC)
The scientific and technical advisory group on geographical yellow fever risk mapping (GRYF)
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Health in the World of Work Network
High-level policy expert group of the SIDS ministerial conference on NCDs and mental health
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Immunization and vaccines related implementation research advisory committee (IVIR-AC)
Immunization Practices Advisory Committee
Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (Quality of Care Network)
Independent Allocation of Vaccines Group (IAVG)
Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme (IOAC)
Informal Working Groups on Echinococcosis (WHO-IWGE)
International Commission for the Certification of Dracunculiasis Eradication
International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision
International Network of Drinking-water and Sanitation Regulators (RegNet)
International Travel and Health (ITH) guideline development group (GDG) for COVID-19
INTOX Network of Poisons Centres
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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA)
Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR)
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Malaria advisory committees on elimination
MERS-CoV IHR Emergency Committee
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Nutrition Guidance Expert Advisory Group (NUGAG)
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One Health High-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP)
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The Partnership Contribution Independent Technical Expert Mechanism (PCITEM)
Poliovirus IHR Emergency Committee
Product Development for Vaccines Advisory Committee
Public Health Emergency Operations Centre Network (EOC-NET)
Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Ethics Network (PHEPREN)
Public Health Ethics Consultative Group
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Quality Technical Expert Network
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Radiation Emergency Medical Preparedness and Assistance Network (REMPAN)
Research Ethics Review Committee
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Scientific Advisory Group on the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO)
Smart Vaccination Certificate Working Group
STI Research Priority Setting Technical Advisory Group
Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE)
Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on In Vitro Diagnostics (SAGE IVD)
Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on HIV, hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections
Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Antimicrobial Resistance (STAG-AMR)
Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Infectious Hazards (STAG-IH)
Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Medical Devices (STAG MEDEV)
Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Mental Health, Brain Health and Substance Use (STAG-MNS)
Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on the SPECS 2030 Initiative
Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases (STAG-NTDs)
Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Tuberculosis (STAG-TB)
Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Mental Health, Brain Health and Substance Use (STAG-MNS)
Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation (TobReg)
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TB Supranational Reference Laboratory Network (SRLN)
Technical Advisory Group on Arbovirus (TAG-Arbovirus)
Technical Advisory Group on Buruli ulcer
Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of Experts on Educational Institutions and COVID-19
Technical Advisory Group on the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool
Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition
Technical Advisory Group on Embedding Ethics in Health and Climate Change Policy
Technical Advisory Group of Experts on Diabetes
Technical Advisory Group on Economics for Environment, Climate Change and Health (TAG-EconECH)
Technical Advisory Group on Gestational Weight Gain (TAG-GWG)
Technical Advisory Group on Genomics (TAG-G)
Technical Advisory Group on Maternal Mortality and Maternal Cause of Death Estimation
Technical Advisory Group on National Action Planning for Health Security
Technical Advisory Group on Pricing Policies for Medicines (TAG-PPM)Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution
Technical Advisory Group on Simulation Exercises
Technical Advisory Group on Social Connection (TAG-SC)
Technical Advisory Group on Tuberculosis Diagnostics and Laboratory Strengthening
Technical Expert Advisory Group on Nutrition Monitoring (TEAM)
Technical Report Series of the ECSPP
Tobacco Laboratory Network (TobLabNet)
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UNICEF/WHO Technical Advisory Group on Wasting and Nutritional Oedema (Acute Malnutrition)
United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on NCDs (UNIATF)
United Nations Road Safety Collaboration
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WHO Trans Fat Elimination Technical Advisory Group (TFATAG)
WHO Technical Advisory Group of Experts on NCD-related Research and Innovation (TAG-NCD-R&I)
Working Group on Snakebite Envenoming
Working Group on Ethics and COVID-19
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Yellow fever IHR Emergency Committee
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Zika Virus IHR Emergency Committee