Unpacking the package of amendments to the International Health Regulations at country level.

Abstract

The WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) is home to 745 million people, of whom 107 million (14%) need humanitarian assistance. EMR is the source of 55% of the world's refugees and has 33.7 million people who have been forcibly displaced. Of the region's 22 Member States and territories, 13 are directly or indirectly affected by conflicts, 9 are classified by the World Bank as in 'fragile or conflict-affected situations' and 6 rank among the lowest globally on the World Bank's political stability and absence of violence indicator.