# Global Health: USAID Planned for Emergency Responses in Accordance With Best Practices but Gaps Remain
> **Audit** by U.S. Agency for International Development OIG · 2025-03-03
> *About: U.S. Agency for International Development*
## Report
- **Title:** Global Health: USAID Planned for Emergency Responses in Accordance With Best Practices but Gaps Remain
- **Submitting OIG:** U.S. Agency for International Development OIG
- **Component agency:** U.S. Agency for International Development
- **Type:** Audit
- **Publication date:** 2025-03-03

## Recommendations

- **Rec 1** (Open): We recommend that the Bureau for Global Health take the following actions: Establish procedures to facilitate the deployment of staff to the field when needed during a health emergency.
- **Rec 2** (Open): We recommend that the Bureau for Global Health take the following actions: Develop a timeline for finalizing all aspects of its Global Health Emergency Management System, including provisions for periodic testing of plans and for documenting and…
- **Rec 3** (Open): We recommend that the Bureau for Management take the following actions: Develop a plan for the identification, recruitment and retention of skilled personnel to task forces in the event of a global health emergency, including contingency planning for…
- **Rec 4** (Open): We recommend that the Bureau for Management take the following actions: Develop a plan to periodically test procedures in Automated Directives System, Chapter 112 through proactive exercises and evaluation activities and integrate lessons learned into…
## Source
- [oversight.gov report page](https://www.oversight.gov/reports/audit/global-health-usaid-planned-emergency-responses-accordance-best-practices-gaps-remain)
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