Global Health Security 2026

Are you and your organisation ready for the next health emergency? 

How can we improve outbreak prevention and response at the national, regional and global levels?

How should we strengthen detection strategies? Why is a multi-sectoral response to major public health incidents crucial?

The coronavirus outbreak has brought health security back to the top of the policy agenda for over two years. While recent urgency subsided the potential of another pandemic is looming, and we need to address existing health security challenges.

This executive course answers these questions and provides security and health specialists from all sectors with an in-depth analysis of global health security as an international security priority. It equips participants with the tools necessary to deal with the security challenges that health crises can pose at all levels. Participants explore and evaluate frameworks and implementation measures that will enable them to better prevent, detect, and combat health security emergencies.

Learning objectives

The course will enable you to:

• Strengthen awareness of global health security threats;
• Understand how trends in other sectors can "spill-over" and impact health security;
• Improve capacity to work across sectors that have different priorities and incentives;
• Build cross-sectoral networks among officials engaging in global health security issues;
• Share knowledge and experience with colleagues and experts.

This course will be of interest to professionals in the international security sector and beyond, such as: 

• civil servants;
• diplomats;
• military;
• private sector representatives;
• NGOs; and,
• international organisations. 

To address this global challenge cooperation amongst actors from diverse sectors is required.

This course is provided free of charge through the generous sponsorship of the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS).