Overview
The Joint External Evaluation (JEE) team would like to express its appreciation to Lao People’s
Democratic Republic for volunteering to undertake a second JEE using the third edition of the JEE tool.
This revised edition of the tool incorporates relevant lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and other
public health emergencies.
The JEE team sincerely appreciates the efforts of Lao People’s Democratic Republic to meet the
requirements of the JEE process, and the warm hospitality it offered to the JEE team. All countries that
make the effort to undergo the JEE process should be commended for the transparency they have shown
in service of strengthening global health security.