IHR (2005) Core Capacity Workbook: A series of exercises to assist the validation of core capacity implementation levels

Overview

The purpose of the IHR is to prevent, protect against, control, and provide a public health response to the international spread of disease. In implementing the regulations, countries are called upon to assess and strengthen their national public health structures. The ability to respond to threats to public health security in a coordinated, transparent way requires well-understood, realistic yet flexible plans, policies and procedures that have been validated and practised, and that the responses to actual events have been evaluated.

In order to provide States Parties with a toolkit to validate and monitor the implementation levels of IHR (2005) core capacities, WHO developed this series of tabletop exercise scenarios and supporting materials. This workbook is not intended as a tool to rank the performance of countries; rather it should assist each country to validate and monitor its own progress of core capacity implementation as required by the IHR (2005).