Table 2.

prevent category indicators score, 16-20 October 2017 the Republic of South Sudan

Technical areas	Indicators	Score
National legislation, policy and financing	P.1.1 legislation, laws, regulations, administrative requirements, policies or other government instruments in place are sufficient for implementation of IHR (2005)	Limited capacity-2
	P.1.2 the state can demonstrate that it has adjusted and aligned its domestic legislation, policies and administrative arrangements to enable compliance with IHR (2005)	No capacity-1
IHR coordination, communication and advocacy	P.2.1 a functional mechanism is established for the coordination and integration of relevant sectors in the implementation of IHR	Limited capacity-2
Antimicrobial resistance	P.3.1 antimicrobial resistance detection	No capacity-1
	P.3.2 surveillance of infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant pathogens	No capacity-1
	P.3.3 healthcare-associated infection (HCAI) prevention and control programs	No capacity-1
	P.3.4 antimicrobial stewardship activities	No capacity-1
Zoonotic diseases	P.4.1 surveillance systems in place for priority zoonotic diseases/pathogens	Developed capacity-3
	P.4.2 veterinary or animal health workforce	Limited capacity-2
	P.4.3 mechanisms for responding to infectious and potential zoonotic diseases are established and functional	No capacity-1
Food safety	P.5.1 the country has IBS or EBS and monitoring systems in place to monitor trends	Limited capacity-2
	and detect foodborne events (outbreak or contamination)
Biosafety and biosecurity	P.6.1 whole-of-government bio-safety and bio-security system is in place for human, animal and agriculture facilities	No capacity-1
	P.6.2 biosafety and bio-security training and practices	No capacity-1
Immunization	P.7.1 vaccine coverage (measles) as part of a national program	No capacity-1
	P.7.2 national vaccine access and delivery	Developed capacity-3
Total score (N=15)		23
Mean score		23/15 (1.5)

Note: 1(red)=“attributes of a capacity do not exist or are not in place”; 2 (yellow)= “attributes of a capacity are in the development stage (some are achieved, and some are undergoing; however, the implementation has started)”; 3 (yellow) = “attributes of a capacity are in place; however, there is the issue of sustainability and measured by lack of inclusion in the operational plan in national health sector planning (NHSP) and/or secure funding”;4 (green) = “attributes are in place, sustainable for a few more years and can be measured by the inclusion of attributes or IHR (2005) core capacities in the national health sector plan-green”;5 (green) = “attributes are functional, sustainable and the country is supporting other countries in its implementation. This is the highest level of the achievement of implementation of IHR (2005) core capacities” (10)