Abstract
Multiple indices currently exist to measure a country's preparedness for health emergencies.1–5 However, most of these metrics are based on cross-sectional assessments that do not reflect current and changing risks, particularly as related to major epidemics. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted that existing measurement approaches are not sufficient to predict how a preparedness system for severe public health emergencies would perform during an emergency.6,7 WHO aims to address these needs with the creation of a new dynamic, multi-hazards, evidence-based preparedness metric that can gauge preparedness capacity dynamically and inform key action plans for improving capacities for each country or region on the basis of identified capacity gaps.
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