Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA)

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Director-General: Ms Florika FINK-HOOIJER

Subject:  The Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) is a European Commission service. Its core mission is to strengthen health security coordination within the Union during preparedness and crisis response times, and bringing together the Member States, the industry and the relevant stakeholders in a common effort; to address vulnerabilities and strategic dependencies within the Union related to the development, production, procurement, stockpiling and distribution of medical countermeasures; to contribute to reinforcing the global health emergency preparedness and response architecture.