744
Health Systems
in
South America
response to events. In addition, they perform on-board surveillance of aircrafts and vessels, and issue Maritime Declarations of Health and Aircraft General Declarations, in accordance with the specific regulatory framework, as provided for in the IHR (2005). Core capacity assessment at Uruguay's points of entrance was conducted in 2010. Tables 8 and 9 show the assessed core capacity implementation status for the Carrasco International Airport and the Port of Montevideo. Since there were conflicting opinions as to what assessment tool to apply (WHO or Mercosur) a decision was made to use both tools simultaneously. Table 8 – Core capacity implementation status at the Carrasco International Airport using WHO and Mercosur tools, Uruguay 2010 Assessed areas
CC implementation status (%) WHO
Mercosur
Coordination and communication
72
74
Core capacities at all times
62
61.6
Core capacity for responding to PHEICs (*)
73
11.1
Final score
69
67.4
Average 68.20% Source: MSP Core capacity assessment at Uruguay's points of entrance was conducted in 2010
Table 9 – Core capacity implementation status at the Port of Montevideo using WHO and Mercosur tools, Uruguay, 2010 CC implementation status (%)
Assessed areas
WHO
Mercosur
Coordination and communication
78
74.1
Core capacities at all times
65
69.9
Core capacity for responding to PHEICs (*)
61
47.7
Final score
68
63.9
Average 65.95% Source: MSP Core capacity assessment at Uruguay's points of entrance was conducted in 2010
At present, the above-mentioned action plans designed to ensure the achievement of IHR (2005) goals by 2012 or by 2014 if the deadline extension request filed by Uruguay and other countries in the region is accepted.