Antimicrobial resistance preparedness in sub-Saharan African countries

Table 3 Mean sub-Saharan African JEE scores when weighted by sub-area

JEE Area	JEE Sub-area	Mean SSA score	Ranking
Prevent	National legislation, policy and financing	1.45	15
	IHR coordination, communication and advocacy	1.91	10
	Antimicrobial resistance	1.42	17
	Zoonotic diseases	2.35	5
	Food safety	1.91	10
	Biosafety and security	1.63	12
	Immunization	3.38	1
Detect	National laboratory system	2.44	4
	Real time surveillance	2.90	2
	Reporting	2.26	7
	Workforce development	2.50	3
Respond	Emergency preparedness	1.42	18
	Emergency response operations	1.92	9
	Linking public health and security authorities	1.98	8
	Medical countermeasures and personnel deployment	1.33	19
	Risk communication	2.30	6
IHR other	Points of entry	1.43	16
	Chemical events	1.57	13
	Radiation emergencies	1.51	14

The mean of each countries’ scores for all questions in each sub-area was calculated, then the mean of all of the country means was calculated. The AMR sub-area is highlighted in bold. The rankings were calculated based on the mean score for each category for the 44 SSA countries.

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