The value proposition of the Global Health Security Index

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ID21879193
AutoresSanjana Ravi (0000-0001-9769-6814, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, autor de correspondencia), Kelsey Lane Warmbrod (0000-0003-4326-7541, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security), Lucia Mullen (0009-0004-6699-3313, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security), Diane Meyer (0000-0003-4467-9169, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security), Elizabeth Cameron (Nuclear Threat Initiative, Washington, DC, USA), Elizabeth E Cameron (Nuclear Threat Initiative), Jessica Bell (0000-0002-3433-0265, Nuclear Threat Initiative), Priya Bapat (Economist Intelligence Unit, London, UK), Michael Paterra (Economist Intelligence Unit, London, UK), Catherine Machalaba (0000-0001-9715-0985, EcoHealth Alliance), Indira Nath (0000-0003-4407-7854, Department of Biotechnology), Lawrence O Gostin (0000-0001-5286-4044, National Health Law Program), Wilmot James (0000-0002-8233-9483, Columbia University), Dylan George (In-Q-Tel, Arlington, Virginia, USA), Dylan B George (0000-0002-1943-5309, In-Q-Tel), Simo Nikkari (Centre for Biothreat Preparedness, Helsinki, Finland), Ernesto Gozzer (0000-0002-5597-8669, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia), Oyewale Tomori (0000-0002-6959-5749, The Nigerian Academy of Science, Lagos, Nigeria), Issa Makumbi (0000-0003-3579-2485, Ministry of Health), Jennifer B Nuzzo (0000-0002-7137-6625, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security)
Año2020
Volumen5
Número10
Páginase003648
Fecha de publicación2020-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBMJ Global Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908
EditorialBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003648
PMID33033053
OpenAlexW3092529564
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas21
Referencias citadas20

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