Joint external evaluation of IHR core capacities of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan Mission report:1–5 May 2023 Joint externalevaluationof IHR core capacitiesof Azerbaijan Mission report:1–5 May 2023 Joint external evaluation of IHR core capacities of Azerbaijan: mission report, 1-5 May 2023 ISBN 978-92-4-008243-4 (electronic version)ISBN 978-92-4-008244-1 (print version) © World Health Organization 2023 Some rights reserved. This work is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0IGO licence (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo). Under the terms of this licence, you may copy, redistribute and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes, providedthe work is appropriately cited, as indicated below. In any use of this work, there should be no suggestion that WHOendorses any specific organization, products or services. The use of the WHO logo is not permitted. If you adaptthe work, then you must license your work under the same or equivalent Creative Commons licence. If you create atranslation of this work, you should add the following disclaimer along with the suggested citation: “This translationwas not created by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO is not responsible for the content or accuracy of thistranslation. The original English edition shall be the binding and authentic edition”. Any mediation relating to disputes arising under the licence shall be conducted in accordance with the mediationrules of the World Intellectual Property Organization (http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/mediation/rules/). Suggested citation.Joint external evaluation of IHR core capacities of Azerbaijan: mission report, 1-5 May 2023.Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. Licence:CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP) data.CIP data are available athttps://iris.who.int/. Sales, rights and licensing.To purchase WHO publications, seehttps://www.who.int/publications/book-orders. Tosubmit requests for commercial use and queries on rights and licensing, seehttps://www.who.int/copyright. Third-party materials.If you wish to reuse material from this work that is attributed to a third party, such as tables,figures or images, it is your responsibility to determine whether permission is needed for that reuse and to obtainpermission from the copyright holder. The risk of claims resulting from infringement of any third-party-ownedcomponent in the work rests solely with the user. General disclaimers.The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not implythe expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of WHO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, cityor area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted and dashed lines onmaps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers’ products does not imply that they are endorsed orrecommended by WHO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. Errors and omissionsexcepted, the names of proprietary products are distinguished by initial capital letters. All reasonable precautions have been taken by WHO to verify the information contained in this publication. However,the published material is being distributed without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. The responsibilityfor the interpretation and use of the material lies with the reader. In no event shall WHO be liable for damages arisingfrom its use. Design and layout by Genève Design Contents Acknowledgements....................ivAbbreviations......................vExecutive summary....................viiiAzerbaijan: scores and priority actions...............1 Prevent—————————————————————10 P1. Legal instruments....................11P2. Financing......................15P3. IHR coordination, NFP functions and advocacy............18P4. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)................21P5. Zoonotic disease....................24P6. Food safety.....................27P7. Biosafety and biosecurity..................29P8. Immunization.....................33 Detect—————————————————————37 D1. National laboratory System.................38D2. Surveillance.....................44D3. Human resources....................47 Respond————————————————————49 R1. Health emergency management................50R2. Linking public health and security authorities............57R3. Health services provision..................59R4. Infection prevention and control................62R5. Risk communication and community engagement...........65 IHR-related hazards, PoEs and border health———68 PoEs. Points of entry and border health...............69CE. Chemical events....................72RE. Radiation emergencies..................74 Annex. JEE background—————————————76 Acknowledgements The Joint External Evaluation (JEE) WHO Secretariat would like to acknowledge the following entities andpeople, whose support a