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The Global Health Security Index and Its Role in Shaping National COVID‑19 Response Capacities: A Scoping Review Cover

The Global Health Security Index and Its Role in Shaping National COVID‑19 Response Capacities: A Scoping Review

Annals of Global Health
Volume 91 (2025): Issue 1
By: Danik Iga Prasiska,  Kennedy Mensah Osei,  Durga Datta Chapagain,  Vasuki Rajaguru,  Tae Hyun Kim,  Sun Joo Kang,  Sang Gyu Lee,  Suk-Yong Jang and  Whiejong Han  
Open Access
|Mar 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.4625 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
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Language: English
Submitted on: Nov 22, 2024
Accepted on: Feb 23, 2025
Published on: Mar 14, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
COVID‑19,
Global Health,
Index,
Response,
Security

© 2025 Danik Iga Prasiska, Kennedy Mensah Osei, Durga Datta Chapagain, Vasuki Rajaguru, Tae Hyun Kim, Sun Joo Kang, Sang Gyu Lee, Suk-Yong Jang, Whiejong Han, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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