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What States Say They Can Do and COVID-19 Status at Six Months

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From APCSS | by Daniel Lambert | 07 Aug 2020

“What States Say They Can Do and COVID-19 Status at Six Months”

Abstract:
The International Health Regulations (IHR) is a critical legal tool that ensures and improves the capacity of all signatories, or States Parties, to prevent detect, assess, notify, and respond to public health risks and acute events of domestic and international concern. States Parties of the IHR assess their capacities and report annually to the World Health Assembly on the implementation status of these regulations using the Self-Assessment Annual Reporting Tool (SPAR). This paper examines the relationship between total average SPAR scores and COVID-19 morbidity and mortality. A positive significant correlation was observed between total average SPAR score and log values of COVID-19 cases and deaths per 100,000 population. Nevertheless, when examined by World Health Organization regions, this positive significant correlation remained only for a few, signalling that regional dynamics and factors may not be adequately captured by SPAR scores. In addition to the State Parties assessment, a community and civil society inclusive IHR monitoring mechanism is recommended for a more comprehensive assessment.

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NWANY Wijesekara, HDB Herath and KALC Kodituwakku are Disaster Managers at Disaster Preparedness and Response Division, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. HV Pathirana is a Material Planning & Procurement Specialist at General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka. The views expressed in this article are their own.

Security Nexus is a peer-reviewed, online journal published by the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies.

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