Voluntary External Evaluations (VEE) Guyana. Executive Summary

Guyana is the first country to complete the Voluntary External Evaluation (VEE) using the International Health Regulations (IHR) State Party Self-Assessment Annual Reporting Tool (SPAR). The SPAR tool consists of 35 indicators for the 15 IHR capacities needed to detect, assess, notify, report and respond to public health risks and acute events of domestic and international concern.

This document is an Executive Summary of the Guyana VEE. This VEE assesses the capacities and provides tailored recommendations to support Guyana's effort to improve public health security by evaluating the 15 capacities of the SPAR tool under the IHR Monitoring and Evaluation Framework.