GHS Index: epidemic prevention Latin America 2021

In 2021, Colombia was the Latin American country with the highest Global Health Security (GHS) Index score in the category of prevention, with 50.9 points out of a total of 100. In comparison, the United States, the best-rated country worldwide, had a score of 79.4. The Global Health Security Index measures a country's readiness to prevent, detect and respond to biological threats. The category of prevention considers aspects such as antimicrobial resistance, zoonotic diseases, biosecurity, biosafety, dual-use research and culture of responsible science, and immunization.

Leading countries in preventing the emergence or release of pathogens in Latin America in 2021

Characteristic	Index score (0-100)
Colombia	50.9
Ecuador	50.5
Brazil	49.7
Chile	47.2
Uruguay	45.3
Panama	42.3
Mexico	41.9
Argentina	41.5
Paraguay	40.5
Peru	37.7

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Release date

December 2021

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Region

LAC

Survey time period

2021

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Based on the global health security index, category prevention

Supplementary notes

The Global Health Security (GHS) Index is based on 171 questions, distributed among six categories which consider 37 indicators.

According to the source "The GHS Index benchmarks health security in the context of other factors critical to fighting outbreaks, such as political and security risks, the broader strength of the health system, and country adherence to global norms."

The scale of the scoring is 0 to 100, where 100 = most favorable.

More information about the methodology can be found on the following link.

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