The 'SPAR' (State Party Annual Report) under IHR 2005 assesses national core capacities for health security. India's index 2023 shows strength in which of these domains as per recent assessment?

• A Points of entry surveillance and radiation emergency preparedness
• B Only disease-specific surveillance for tropical diseases
• C International travel medicine and air transport containment only
• D Laboratory, surveillance and response capacities under the 13 SPAR categories ✓

Explanation

The SPAR tool under IHR 2005 assesses 13 technical areas including legislation, coordination, surveillance, response, preparedness, risk communication, human resources, laboratory, points of entry, chemical, radiation, zoonosis, and food safety. SPAR replaced the JEE as the primary self-assessment mechanism and covers all 13 health security capacities.

Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 27th ed.

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