EU contribution to the Pandemic Fund Financial Intermediary Fund <p>The Action aims at enhancing health security globally by strengthening the weakest identified links in the highest risk geographical areas. The Pandemic Fund will allocate financing where investments are most urgently needed and focus on plugging key capacity gaps, including support to: country capacity to assist public health workforce in low¿ and middle-income countries; community and primary health care; regional and global health institutions; regulatory harmonisation; capacity to address spill-over risks from the animal health domain; laboratory systems; better disease surveillance, reporting and information sharing; logistical capacity for countermeasures and medical supplies; financial support to technical assistance and analytics. The geographical scope of the Fund is any country that is eligible to receive funding from the International Development Association (IDA) and/or the International Bank for Reconstruction and development (IBRD), and additional countries deemed relevant by the Pandemic Fund board.</p>