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Supporting the UK’s partnership with ASEAN on health security
The ASEAN-UK Health Security Partnership (HSP) is a five-year initiative focused on strengthening health security and improve equitable access to primary care across the ten ASEAN member states and Timor-Leste. It addresses urgent challenges like Antimicrobial Resistance, pandemic preparedness, health system resilience and the health impacts of climate change. Through collaboration with UK diplomatic missions in the region, ASEAN health institutions and national stakeholders, the programme supports capacity building, and implementation of national and regional health priorities. By promoting a One Health approach and aligning with the priorities of ASEAN’s Health Clusters, the HSP fosters equitable access to health through targeted funding and technical support.
ASEAN-UK Health Security Partnership Programme
Location: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam, and Timor-Leste
FHI 360 is leading the consortium of regional and international organisations delivering HSP, focusing on an evidence-based grant facility and a dynamic peer exchange platform—both designed to advance ASEAN and national priorities through equitable funding, knowledge sharing, and cross-border collaboration.
Enhancing Pandemic Preparedness for Regional Resilience
Strengthening diagnostics and specimen transportation to improve treatment and surveillance during epidemics. (Photo for FHI 360 by Dante Diosina Jr, 2022)
Primary Healthcare to Prevent and Control Pandemic
Improving access to universal health care to enable children in rural communities to receive vaccinations. (Photo for FHI 360 by Savann Oeurm, 2022)
Health Systems Strengthening for Global Health Security
Equipping healthcare systems to serve the needs of the entire population and strengthen national response to global health security challenges. (Photo for FHI 360 by Dante Diosina Jr, 2022)
One Health Approaches for Regional Security
Tackling the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance through funding for initiatives that encompass the human, animal, food and environmental sectors. (Photo for FHI 360 by Pravin Manandhar, 2022)
Alignment with WHO priorities
HSP funds projects that align with and contribute to global and regional health system frameworks, protocols, and objectives – such as WHO's list of priority pathogens. (Photo by Robert Rosenthal 2024)
Improved surveillance protocols
HSP grants build capacity for critical health security skills. Here laboratory technicians from Mahidol University, Thailand, participate in microbiology and epidemiology training. (Photo by Robert Rosenthal 2024)
What we strive for
Our intervention aims to reduce health, social and economic impacts of health emergencies in ASEAN and strengthen global health security. The programme will contribute to three priority outcomes – enhanced preparedness and response to health emergencies, improved resilience of health system and equitable access to care, and increased understanding and action to address the health impacts of climate change.
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