Global Health Security Index
The Global Health Security (GHS) Index is an assessment and benchmarking of health security and related capabilities across 195 countries that make up the States Parties to the International Health Regulations (IHR [2005]). The GHS Index aims to spur measurable changes in national health security and improve the international capability to address one of the world’s most omnipresent risks: infectious disease outbreaks that can lead to international epidemics and pandemics.
The GHS Index assesses countries across 6 categories, 37 indicators, and 171 questions using publicly available information. The index is designed to inform leaders of the foundational elements that are necessary to prepare their countries for future outbreaks and where they should prioritize planning and invest durable funding. By assessing these capacities every 2-3 years, the GHS Index stimulates political will and action to prioritize addressing these gaps.
The GHS Index is developed in partnership with the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, working with Economist Impact, and was first launched in October 2019.
The Global Health Security (GHS) Index is an assessment and benchmarking of health security and related capabilities across 195 countries that make up the States Parties to the International Health Regulations (IHR [2005]). The GHS Index aims to spur measurable changes in national health security and improve the international capability to address one of the world’s most omnipresent risks: infectious disease outbreaks that can lead to international epidemics and pandemics.
The GHS Index assesses countries across 6 categories, 37 indicators, and 171 questions using publicly available information. The index is designed to inform leaders of the foundational elements that are necessary to prepare their countries for future outbreaks and where they should prioritize planning and invest durable funding. By assessing these capacities every 2-3 years, the GHS Index stimulates political will and action to prioritize addressing these gaps.
The GHS Index is developed in partnership with the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, working with Economist Impact, and was first launched in October 2019.
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OVERALL PERFORMANCE
World Rank in 195 countries
- India's overall score on the GHS Index 2021 is 42.8 out of 100, slightly lower than the overall score of 43.6 on the 2019 edition of the GHS Index.
- India ranks 66th amongst 195 countries on the GHS Index 2021, moving 5 positions lower than the 61st position held in 2019.
- According to the GHS Index 2021, India’s detection and reporting procedures have improved over the last two years. However, its capabilities in emergency preparedness and response planning have fallen during the same period and have negatively contributed to the lower overall score in 2021.
- In comparison to the benchmarked G20 peers, India's overall score of 42.8 on the GHS Index 2021 is the lowest. It is, however, higher than the world average of 38.9.
- USA topped the GHS Index in 2021 with a score of 75.9. It was ranked first in the GHS Index 2019 as well.
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