| CFR | Charter of Fundamental Rights |
| EC | European Commission |
| ECDC | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control |
| EHU | European Health Union |
| EMA | European Medicines Agency |
| EP | European Parliament |
| EPRS | European Parliament Research Service |
| EU | European Union |
| HERA | European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority |
| HiAP | Health in All Policies |
| HSC | Health Security Committee |
| IHR | International Health Regulations |
| JPA | Joint Procurement Agreement |
| MS | Member States |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses |
| SANRA | Scale for the Assessment of Narrative Review Articles |
| SARS | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
| SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
| TEU | Treaty of the European Union |
| TFEU | Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union |
| WHO | World Health Organization |