The value proposition of the Global Health Security Index
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Infectious disease outbreaks pose major threats to human health and security. Countries with robust capacities for preventing, detecting and responding to outbreaks can avert many of the social, political, economic and health system costs of such crises. The Global Health Security Index (GHS Index)—the first comprehensive assessment and benchmarking of health security and related capabilities across 195 countries—recently found that no country is sufficiently prepared for epidemics or pandemics. The GHS Index can help health security stakeholders identify areas of weakness, as well as opportunities to collaborate across sectors, collectively strengthen health systems and achieve shared public health goals. Some scholars have recently offered constructive critiques of the GHS Index’s approach to scoring and ranking countries; its weighting of select indicators; its emphasis on transparency; its focus on biosecurity and biosafety capacities; and divergence between select country scores and corresponding COVID-19-associated caseloads, morbidity, and mortality. Here, we (1) describe the practical value of the GHS Index; (2) present potential use cases to help policymakers and practitioners maximise the utility of the tool; (3) discuss the importance of scoring and ranking; (4) describe the robust methodology underpinning country scores and ranks; (5) highlight the GHS Index’s emphasis on transparency and (6) articulate caveats for users wishing to use GHS Index data in health security research, policymaking and practice
Benchmarking · Biosecurity · Business · Computer security · Disease · International Health Regulations · Public health · Computer Science · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Medicine · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research · Marketing
Governing and Measuring Health Security
Understanding for whom, how and why Sydney Local Health District’s Integrated Response was Effective in Addressing Covid-19
A capacidade institucional do Setor Saúde e a resposta à Covid-19 em perspectiva global
The impact of civil liberties, global health security, median age and population size on the spread of Covid-19 (Sars-CoV-2)
Pandemic preparedness and Covid-19
Structural gradients in excess mortality during and after the Covid-19 pandemic
Covid-19 in Europe
Identification and prioritization of population health indices in Iranian population, a qualitative study
Known and Unknown Transboundary Infectious Diseases as Hybrid Threats
Global law, policy, and governance for effective prevention and control of Covid-19
Analysing Covid-19 outcomes in the context of the 2019 Global Health Security (GHS) Index
Evaluation of the Global Health Security Index as a predictor of Covid-19 excess mortality standardised for under-reporting and age structure
Organising knowledge to prevent global health crises
Willingness to provide care to Covid-19 patients among healthcare workers and factors influencing willingness
An explorative analysis of Azerbaijan’s Covid-19 policy response and public opinion
Casualties of preparedness
Inferring the impact of humanitarian responses on population mortality
Assessing the impact of regional laboratory networks in East and West Africa on national health security capacities
Countries’ progress towards Global Health Security (GHS) increased health systems resilience during the Coronavirus Disease-19 (Covid-19) pandemic
Rethinking the methodology of global indexes for equitable evidence-informed policy towards sustainable development
Monitoring Quality of Care in the WHO Africa Region-A study design for measurement and tracking, towards UHC attainment
Democracy, Capacity, and Coercion in Pandemic Response
The Global Health Security Index
Is the reporting timeliness gap for avian flu and H1N1 outbreaks in global health surveillance systems associated with country transparency
From International Sanitary Conventions to Global Health Security
Focussing on the Extremes of Good and Bad
Understanding pathways for scaling up health services through the lens of complex adaptive systems
A simple guide to chaos and complexity
Fighting Covid ‐19 with Agility, Transparency, and Participation
| Unique citing works | 21 |
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| Citations per year | 4,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |