Epidemic preparedness and response capacity against infectious disease outbreaks in 186 countries, 2018-2022.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Disruptive public health risks and events, including infectious disease outbreaks, are inevitable, but their effects can be mitigated by investing in prevention and preparedness. We assessed the epidemic preparedness and response capacities of health systems in 186 countries from 2018 to 2022.

Methods

We utilized data from the International Health Regulations (IHR) State Party Self-Assessment Annual Reporting (SPAR) submissions to assess health systems' IHR capacities to (1) prevent, (2) detect, (3) respond, (4) enable resources and coordinate, and (5) ensure operational readiness from 2018 to 2022. We categorized the IHR capacities into five levels, with level 1 denoting the lowest level of national capacity and level 5 the highest. We calculated each index's cap

SUBMITTER: Eze P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11542336 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature