Abbreviated Name:
International Health Regulations (IHR) core capacity index
Indicator Name:
International Health Regulations (IHR) capacity and health emergency preparedness
Domain:
Health systems
Related Terms:
Health security
Definition:
The average percentage of attributes of 13 core capacities that have been attained at a specific point in time. The 13 core capacities are: (1) National legislation, policy and financing; (2) Coordination and National Focal Point communications; (3) Surveillance; (4) Response; (5) Preparedness; (6) Risk communication; (7) Human resources; (8) Laboratory; (9) Points of entry; (10) Zoonotic events; (11) Food safety; (12) Chemical events; (13) Radionuclear emergencies.
Measurment Method:
IHR (2005) Capacity Level (Annual) = ??sum of selfreported IHR capacity avarege/13
Numerator:
State Party self-reported average of 13 IHR (2005) capacities, as measured by the SPAR.
Denominator
Total number of reported capacities (i.e., 13)
Estimation method:
The indicator is computed by averaging, across the 13 core capacities, the percentage of attributes for each capacity that have been attained.
Disaggregation:
Capacities
Primary data sources:
SPAR reports (available on the Global Health Observatory); Strategic Partnership for International Health Regulations (2005) and Health Security (https://extranet.who.int/sph/)
Alternate data sources:
Other possible data sources
Joint external evaluation (JEE; available at https://extranet.who.int/sph/); Current Health Expenditure (CHE; available on Global Health Observatory); previous years’ IHR (2005) self-assessment annual reporting data (available on Global Health Observatory).
Joint external evaluation (JEE; available at https://extranet.who.int/sph/); Current Health Expenditure (CHE; available on Global Health Observatory); previous years’ IHR (2005) self-assessment annual reporting data (available on Global Health Observatory).
Measurment frequency:
Annual
