The Global Health Security Index is not predictive of vaccine rollout responses among OECD countries

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OBJECTIVE: This study sought to evaluate the utility of the Global Health Security (GHS) index in predicting the launch of COVID-19 vaccine rollout by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries.

METHODS: Country-level data on the preparedness to respond to infectious disease threats through vaccination rollout were collected using the GHS index. OECD member countries were rank-ordered based on the percentage of their populations fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Rank-ordering was conducted from the lowest to the highest, with each country assigned a score ranging from 1 to 33. Spearman's rank correlation between the GHS index and the percentage of the population that is fully vaccinated was also performed.

RESULTS: Israel, ranked 34th in the world on the GHS index for pandemic preparedness, had the highest percentage of the population that was fully vaccinated against COVID-19 within 2 months of the global vaccine rollout. The Spearman rank correlation coefficient between GHS index and the percentage of population fully vaccinated was -0.1378, with a p-value of 0.43.

CONCLUSION: The findings suggest an absence of correlation between the GHS index rating and the COVID-19 vaccine rollout of OECD countries, indicating that the preparedness of OECD countries for infectious disease threats may not be accurately reflected by the GHS index.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:113

Enthalten in:

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 113(2021) vom: 02. Dez., Seite 7-11

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Khalifa, Banda A [VerfasserIn]
Abbey, Enoch J [VerfasserIn]
Ayeh, Samuel K [VerfasserIn]
Yusuf, Hasiya E [VerfasserIn]
D Nudotor, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Osuji, Ngozi [VerfasserIn]
Khan, Samiha [VerfasserIn]
Nosakhare, Esosa [VerfasserIn]
Oduwole, Modupe O [VerfasserIn]
Salia, Emmanuella L [VerfasserIn]
Lasisi, Oluwatobi [VerfasserIn]
Karakousis, Petros C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19 Vaccines
COVID-19 vaccine
Global Health Security Index
Health preparedness
Journal Article
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Pandemic

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Date Completed 08.12.2021

Date Revised 14.12.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2021.09.034

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM330893068