Figure 1. IHR core capacitiesThe IHR core capacities are those required to detect, assess, notify and report events, and to respond to public health risks and emergencies of national and international concern, as stipulated in Articles 5 and 13, and Annex 1, of the Regulations.

The IHR monitoring process involves assessment of the development and implementation of eight core capacities (Figure 1) at points of entry and for IHR-related hazards. These hazards may be biological (zoonotic, food safety and other infectious hazards), chemical, radiological or nuclear.

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