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The Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) is an international effort operating in the field of infection prevention and control. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A brainchild of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it was launched in February 2014 by a group of 44 countries [ 3 ] and organizations including WHO . [ 4 ]
The Global Health Security Initiative (GHSI) is a collaborative effort among several nations and organizations focused on strengthening global health security. [1] [2] [3] Established in response to the 2001 terrorist attacks, its primary goal is to prepare for and address public health risks related biological, chemical, nuclear terrorism, or pandemics.
USAID officials realized they needed an exit strategy to conceal their involvement in the program, at one point seeking funding from Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey as part of a plan for it to go independent. [77] The service was abruptly closed down around mid-2012, which USAID said was due to the program running out of money. [79]
Predict was launched in 2009 in response to the influenza A virus subtype H5N1 "bird flu" outbreak in 2005. It was designed and overseen by Dennis Carroll, then the director of the USAID emerging threats division, [2] with epidemiologist Jonna Mazet of the University of California, Davis, as its global director. [3]
A little over a year later, Ambassador Nkengasong joined U.S. Secretary of State Anthony J. Blinken to launch State Department’s Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy (GHSD) August 1, 2023, which he leads. [14] In December 2014, PEPFAR announced a program PEPFAR 3.0 focusing on Sustainable Control of the AIDS epidemic.
The Global Health Security Agenda and USAID address the disease surveillance and outbreak response in Vietnam through operational platforms and creating disease portfolios with animal origins. On February 1, 2020, the Vietnamese government suspended all flights to and from China in order to combat COVID-19, making it one of the first countries ...
Preserving National Security: The Growing Role of the Life Sciences. March 2011. Improving Global Health, Strengthening Global Security. November 2010. The State of BIOPreparedness: Lessons from Leaders, Proposals for Progress. September 2010. Preparing to Save Lives and Recover After a Nuclear Detonation: Implications for US Policy. April 2010.
The Global Health Initiative is a six-year plan, "to develop a comprehensive U.S. government strategy for global health, building on the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to combat HIV as well as U.S. efforts to address tuberculosis (TB) and malaria, and augmenting the focus on other global health priorities, including ...