KATHMANDU: Nepal ranks 111th among 195 countries in the Global Health Security Index developed by The Economist Intelligence Unit in cooperation with the Nuclear Threat Initiative and the Johns Hopkins Centre for Health Security. The only countries in South Asia that are better than Nepal in health security and related capabilities are India, Bhutan and Pakistan.
| 2019 Global Health Security Index | ||
| Country | Rank | Index Score |
| India | 57 | 46.5 |
| Bhutan | 85 | 40.3 |
| Pakistan | 105 | 35.5 |
| Nepal | 111 | 35.1 |
| Bangladesh | 113 | 35 |
| Sri Lanka | 120 | 33.9 |
| Maldives | 121 | 33.8 |
| Afghanistan | 130 | 32.3 |
*Rank out of 195 countries |
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Although GHSI ranking puts Nepal in the league of nations that are ‘more prepared’ to maintain health security, the country lags behind in ‘detection and reporting’ category. Nepal ranks 150th in this category with a score of 22, which is much lower than the global average of 41.9, states the GHSI, which was published in October. This implies Nepal’s laboratory systems, real-time surveillance and reporting, epidemiology workforce and data integration among human/animal/environmental health secto
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