Country implementation guidance: after action reviews and simulation exercises under the International Health Regulations 2005 monitoring and evaluation framework (‎IHR MEF)‎

Overview

This document provides strategic guidance to countries implementing AAR/SimEx under the IHR MEF, along with relevant information on the planning, executing and reporting criteria for both instruments.

The country implementation guide outlines the elements that help determine whether an AAR or SimEx should be considered as a part of IHR (2005) voluntary monitoring and evaluation and reporting. This is useful because many Member States conduct AAR and exercises as part of their continuous learning and emergency risk management programmes, regardless of whether they are doing so as part of the IHR MEF or not.

Note that a second version of the document has been released in November 2021.