Feng-Jen Tsai, PhD, is Associate Professor, PhD program in Global Health and Health Security, and master's program in Global Health and Development, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan . Rebecca Katz, PhD, MPH, is Associate Professor and Director, Center for Global Health Science and Security, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
Health Secur. 2018 Sep/Oct;16(5):304-310. doi: 10.1089/hs.2018.0019.
In 2016, the World Health Organization moved from using only a self-assessment to monitor national implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR) to introducing an external evaluation process. In this article, we use preliminary findings from the published Joint External Evaluations to identify if and how the external evaluations differ from IHR self-assessments conducted in the same year. We found that of the 32 countries for which data were available, external assessment scores are consistently 1 to 1.5 points lower than self-assessment scores. This shows the importance of external evaluations and emphasizes that even more must be done to build sufficient capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to public health emergencies around the world.
2016 年，世界卫生组织从仅使用自我评估改为引入外部评估程序，以监测《国际卫生条例（2005）》的国家执行情况。在本文中，我们使用已公布的联合外部评估的初步结果来确定外部评估与同年进行的《国际卫生条例》自我评估是否存在差异，以及差异的具体形式。我们发现，在所提供数据的 32 个国家中，外部评估得分始终比自我评估得分低 1 至 1.5 分。这表明外部评估的重要性，并强调必须进一步努力，在全球范围内建立充分的能力，以预防、发现和应对突发公共卫生事件。
