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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]
Health security. Health security is a concept that encompasses activities and measures across sovereign boundaries that mitigates public health incidents to ensure the health of populations. [1] It is an evolving paradigm within the fields of international relations and security studies. [2] Proponents of health security posit that all states ...
The Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) is "a multilateral, multi-sector effort that includes 60 participating countries and numerous private and public international organizations focused on building up worldwide health security capabilities toward meeting such threats" as the spread of infectious disease.
The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (abbreviated CHS) is an independent, nonprofit organization of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The center works to protect people's health from epidemics and pandemics and ensures that communities are resilient to major challenges. The center is also concerned with biological ...
The Global Health Security Index is an assessment of global health security capabilities in 195 countries prepared by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). [ 1]
The Global Health Security Action Group (GHSAG) is made up of senior officials from each member country. The GHSI Secretariat organises, manages and administers meetings and committees and sets priorities. Various technical/scientific working groups focus on specific areas of knowledge. Current working groups include: [2]
One Health is at the intersection of human health, animal health, and environmental health. [ 1] One Health is an approach calling for "the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally, to attain optimal health for people, animals and our environment", as defined by the One Health Initiative Task Force ...
PHOTO: FILE - Secretary of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra speaks during the Launch of the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy at the Department of State in Washington D.C ...