In 2021, Mexico was the Latin American country with the highest overall Global Health Security (GHS) Index score, with 57 points out of a total of 100. In comparison, the United States, the best-rated country worldwide, had a score of 75.9. The Global Health Security Index measures a country's readiness to prevent, detect and respond to biological threats.
Leading countries based on the Global Health Security (GHS) Index in Latin America in 2021
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The Global Health Security (GHS) Index is based on 171 questions, distributed among six categories which consider 37 indicators.
According to the source "The GHS Index benchmarks health security in the context of other factors critical to fighting outbreaks, such as political and security risks, the broader strength of the health system, and country adherence to global norms."
The scale of the scoring is 0 to 100, where 100 = most favorable.
More information about the methodology can be found on the following link.
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