Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority

Health agency

Commission Decision 2021/929

The Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) is a directorate-general^[1] of the European Commission created to prepare the EU for a future pandemic and to avoid the mistakes made during the EU's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]^[3]^[4] European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen first announced plans for such a body in 2020.^[2] On 15 September 2021, the EU announced the launch of HERA^[3] and the service was established as a directorate-general of the European Commission on 16 September.^[5] HERA has been operational since early 2022.^[2]^[4]

HERA will assess potential health threats, promote research, ensure the availability of critical production and help build stockpiles. During a health crisis, the authority would activate emergency funding and help coordinate monitoring, acquisition and purchase of medical equipment or treatments.^[4]

References

^ European Commission. "Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authorityponse-authority_en". ec.europa.eu.
^ ^a ^b ^c Casert, Raf (2021-09-16). "EU earmarks 30 billion euros for health crisis agency". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
^ ^a ^b Peltier, Elian; Pronczuk, Monika (2021-09-15). "The E.U. adopts a new strategy to counter future pandemics". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
^ ^a ^b ^c "EU launches health crisis body to prepare for future pandemic". Reuters. 2021-09-17. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
^ "EUR-Lex - 32021D0929(02) - EN - EUR-Lex". eur-lex.europa.eu. Retrieved 2021-12-30.

External links

HERA subsection of the European Commission's Website
Public Health EU Portal the official public health portal of the European Union
Commission Decision of 16 September 2021 establishing the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority on EUR-Lex
Proposal for a Council Regulation on a framework of urgent measures related to medical countermeasures in the event of a public health emergency at Union level on EUR-Lex
- Procedure 2021/0294/NLE on EUR-Lex
- Document file COM(2021)0577 on ŒIL
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on serious cross-border threats to health
- Procedure 2020/0322/COD on EUR-Lex
- Procedure 2020/0322(COD) on ŒIL