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State Party Self-Assessment Annual Reporting Tool (SPAR)

Last updated on 04 Feb 2026
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Eastern Mediterranean Region Afghanistan 2012 Submitted
European Region Albania 2012 Not Submitted
African Region Algeria 2012 Submitted
European Region Andorra 2012 Submitted
African Region Angola 2012 Not Submitted
Region of the Americas Antigua and Barbuda 2012 Submitted
Region of the Americas Argentina 2012 Submitted
European Region Armenia 2012 Submitted
Western Pacific Region Australia 2012 Submitted
European Region Austria 2012 Submitted
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Nipah virus infection
Marburg virus disease
Not yet diagnosed
Mpox
Measles
Leptospirosis
Malaria
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
Chikungunya virus disease
Influenza due to identified human influenza virus
Diphtheria
Dengue
Ralstonia picketti
Hand, foot and mouth disease
Earthquake
Rabies
Methanol, toxic effect
Influenza due to identified avian or animal Influenza virus
Adverse effects of a contaminated medical or biological substance, transfused or infused
Tropical Cyclone
Whooping cough
Poliomyelitis, acute paralytic, vaccine-associated
Plague, bubonic
Exposure to radiation
Escherichia coli infection, enterohaemorrhagic (EHEC, VTEC)
Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2
Poliovirus Environmental Surveillance
Armed conflict
Antibiotic resistant agents
Oropouche virus disease
Venezuelan equine fever
Yellow Fever
Poliomyelitis, acute unspecified
Ebola virus disease
Cholera
Acute Fever and Rash Syndrome
Acute gastrointestinal syndrome
Anthrax, unspecified

Under the International Health Regulations(IHR) 2005 all States Parties are required to have or develop and maintain minimum core public health capacities to implement the IHR (2005), and report the status of implementation annually, as stipulated in Article 54 of the Regulations.

The formal submission of data from State Parties to the WHO via the IHR annual reports is very important and will be used as the basis for:

  • reporting to the World Health Assembly, on the status of implementation of these Regulations;
  • informing the GPW 13 indicator on emergency preparedness; and
  • informing UN SDG Goal 3 for indicator 3.d.1 – International Health Regulations (IHR) capacity and health emergency preparedness.

Detailed information on 2019 and previous years up to 2010 of the IHR annual reporting by State Parties are primarily published and available on e-SPAR platform and also at the WHO Global Health Observatory website

How to submit via e-SPAR
International Health Regulation (2005) Monitoring And Evaluation Framework
State Party Self-Assessment Annual Reporting Tool (SPAR)

Detailed information on 2019 and previous years up to 2010 of the IHR annual reporting by State Parties are primarily published and available on e-SPAR platform and also at the WHO Global Health Observatory website

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One Health

One Health Operations

What is One Health?

There is no one single definition for “One Health” used by everyone worldwide. In general, the term refers to taking a multisectoral, multi-disciplinary approach and ensuring communication, collaboration, and coordination among all relevant ministries, agencies, stakeholders, sectors, and disciplines, for optimal action.

In the context of the IHR Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, taking a One Health approach means including, from all relevant sectors, the national information, expertise, perspectives, and experience necessary to conduct the assessments, evaluations, reporting and preparedness activities.

National Bridging Workshops

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The WHO International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) and OIE Performance of Veterinary Services (PVS) assess and support the human and animal health systems, respectively, but coordination across the two sectors remains challenging in many country settings.

The IHR-PVS National Bridging Workshops bring together actors from both sectors and present a structured, guided methodology, allowing participants to collectively identify barriers to synergy and existing gaps in collaboration. Corrective measures are identified to form a road-map to improve the collaboration between the two sectors in the prevention, detection and response to zoonotic disease outbreaks and other health issues at the interface between humans and animals. For more information, please visit the IHR-PVS National Bridging Workshop page.

The WHO International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) and OIE Performance of Veterinary Services (PVS) assess and support the human and animal health systems, respectively, but coordination across the two sectors remains challenging in many country settings.

The IHR-PVS National Bridging Workshops bring together actors from both sectors and present a structured, guided methodology, allowing participants to collectively identify barriers to synergy and existing gaps in collaboration. Corrective measures are identified to form a road-map to improve the collaboration between the two sectors in the prevention, detection and response to zoonotic disease outbreaks and other health issues at the interface between humans and animals. For more information, please visit the IHR-PVS National Bridging Workshop page.

Taking a Multisectoral, One Health Approach

A Tripartite Guide to Addressing Zoonotic Diseases in Countries

Every day we hear about health challenges at the human-animal-environment interface. Zoonotic diseases such as avian influenza, rabies, Ebola, and Rift Valley fever continue to have major impacts on health, livelihoods, and economies. These health threats cannot be effectively addressed by one sector alone. Multidisciplinary and multisectoral collaboration is needed to tackle them and to reduce their impacts.

As a way to support countries in taking a One Health approach to address zoonotic diseases, the guide: “Taking a Multisectoral, One Health Approach: A Tripartite Guide to Addressing Zoonotic Diseases in Countries” has been jointly developed by the Tripartite organizations (FAO, OIE, and WHO). This Guide, referred to as the Tripartite Zoonotic Guide (TZG) is flexible enough to be used for other health threats at the human-animal-environment interface; for example, food safety and antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

The TZG provides principles, best practices and options to assist countries in achieving sustainable and functional collaboration at the human-animal-environment interface. Examples and lessons learned from countries experiences are also included.
By using the TZG and its associated operational tools (which are currently being developed), countries can build or strengthen their national capacities in:

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Tripartite Joint Risk Assessment

An interim version of the first Tripartite Operational Tool, for conducting national joint qualitative risk assessments, is currently available to countries wishing to conduct pilots. This Operational Tool is for use by the relevant sectors in countries wishing to conduct a qualitative joint risk assessment for a national priority zoonoses, ongoing zoonotic disease event, or other health threat at the human-animal-environment interface. The final Operational Tool will be available in all six UN languages in 2020. The summary is available here.

One Health Elements

What is One Health?

There is no one single definition for “One Health” used by everyone worldwide. In general, the term refers to taking a multisectoral, multi-disciplinary approach and ensuring communication, collaboration, and coordination among all relevant ministries, agencies, stakeholders, sectors, and disciplines, for optimal action.

IHR Monitoring and Evaluation Framework

IHR Monitoring and Evaluation Framework

IHR MEF

The IHR Monitoring and Evaluation Framework provides an overview of approaches to review implementation of country core public health capacities under the IHR (2005). The Framework ensures the mutual accountability of States Parties and the Secretariat for global public health security through transparent reporting and dialogue.

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IHR State Party Self-Assessment Annual Report (SPAR)

Under the International Health Regulations(IHR) 2005 all States Parties are required to have or develop and maintain minimum core public health capacities to implement the IHR (2005), and report the status of implementation annually, as stipulated in Article 54 of the Regulations.

The formal submission of data from State Parties to the WHO via the IHR annual reports is very important and will be used as the basis for:

  • reporting to the World Health Assembly, on the status of implementation of these Regulations;
  • informing the GPW 13 indicator on emergency preparedness; and
  • informing UN SDG Goal 3 for indicator 3.d.1 – International Health Regulations (IHR) capacity and health emergency preparedness.

Detailed information on 2019 and previous years up to 2010 of the IHR annual reporting by State Parties are primarily published and available on e-SPAR platform and also at the WHO Global Health Observatory website

Joint External Evaluation

The Joint External Evaluation (JEE) is part of the IHR Monitoring and Evaluation Framework and is a voluntary, multi-sectoral process to assess country capacity to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to public health risks. The JEE allows countries to identify the most urgent needs within their health security system; to prioritize opportunities for enhanced preparedness, detection and response capacity, including setting national priorities; and to allocate resources based on the findings.

After Action Review

An After Action Review (AAR) is a qualitative review of actions taken to respond to an event as a means of identifying best practices, lessons and gaps in a country’s public health emergency preparedness and response capacity as part of a process of continual improvement and collective learning. Key stakeholders such as responders and decision-makers have the opportunity to reflect on what happened during the response, and share experiences to critically and systematically review what was in place before the response, what happened during the response, what went well and less well, why events occurred as they did, and how to institutionalize best practices and improve on gaps observed. Ultimately, the goal of the AAR is for individual and collective learning to be better prepared for the next public health event or emergency. AARs are conducted through the different formats of the AAR: Debrief AAR; Working group AAR; Key informant interview AAR; and Mixed-method AAR. For more information, please go to the official AAR WHO webpage.

Simulation Exercises

A simulation exercise is a form of practice, training, monitoring or evaluation of capabilities, involving the description or simulation of an emergency to which a described or simulated response is made. Simulation exercises can develop and assess preparedness and response plans, procedures and systems for all hazards and capabilities. WHO defines different types of exercises, including discussion-based table top exercises as well as operations-based exercises such as drills, functional exercises and field/full scale exercises. Specifically, simulation exercises aim to:   

  1. Assess plans and procedures, operational guidelines and standard operating procedures;

  2. Assess interoperability between these plans and procedures;  

  3. Reveal planning weaknesses and resource gaps  

  4. Improve coordination and collaboration;  

  1. Clarify roles and responsibilities;  

  1. Practice and clarify chain of command;  

  1. Develop knowledge and skills for emergency response;  

  1. Familiarize staff with new functions and equipment 

  1. Gain recognition and trust in the emergency management processes. 

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Intra-Action Review 
In light of the protracted and unpredictable nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries may wish to conduct periodic reviews during the event so they can continue to reflect on the ongoing response and revise national and subnational response strategies and plans as needed to change the trajectory of the epidemic. WHO, having recognized this need, developed the Guidance for conducting a Country COVID-19 intra-action review (IAR) and accompanying tools. A Country COVID-19 Intra-Action Review (IAR) is a country-led facilitated process that allows stakeholders of the ongoing COVID-19 response to review the functional capacities of public health and emergency response systems at the national or subnational levels to identify best practices, gaps and lessons learned, and propose corrective measures and actions for immediate remediation or sustained improvement of the COVID-19 outbreak response. Although not an official component of the IHRMEF, intra-action reviews have been issued as one of the temporary recommendations to State Parties during the fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) convened by the WHO Director-General on 31 July 2020. Moving forward, there is also the opportunity to use intra-action reviews for other protracted public health events beyond COVID-19. 

IHRMEF Elements

IHR MEF

The IHR Monitoring and Evaluation Framework provides an overview of approaches to review implementation of country core public health capacities under the IHR (2005). The Framework ensures the mutual accountability of States Parties and the Secretariat for global public health security through transparent reporting and dialogue.

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