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Since June 2007, countries have been making efforts to strengthen their core capacities as stipulated by the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR). Under Article 54 of the IHR, countries are required to report annually to the World Health Assembly on progress made in implementing the Regulations. IHR review committees and several expert panels have recommended a review of events and voluntary independent external evaluation. Consequently, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners have developed the Joint External Evaluation (JEE) tool based on earlier tools such as the IHR monitoring questionnaires and the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) assessment tool.