As governments throughout the world develop and implement national action plans to increase their capacities to prevent, detect, and respond to health emergencies, experts at the US CDC and partners are working to develop a scientifically grounded evidence base of effective and measurable global health security interventions that can help guide future efforts.
In extensive comments about the ongoing outbreak of Ebola in the DRC, Robert Redfield, MD, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, emphasized that security concerns in the region are the preeminent factor hindering US response.
The Trump administration’s proposed FY2019 budget would cut funding for health security–related programs by 4%, or $636 million, according to researchers at the Center for Health Security.
Nancy Connell, PhD, has been invited to serve a 4-year term on the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) of the National Institutes of Health.
Strategic investment in 15 promising technologies could help make the world better prepared and equipped to prevent future infectious disease outbreaks from becoming catastrophic events.
At the latest meeting in a series of international biosecurity dialogues hosted by the Center for Health Security, conversations on scientific and policy issues related to South Asia followed a pragmatic theme: infectious disease outbreaks are inevitable, pandemics are optional.
Investments in global health security programs at the federal level directly benefit US national security and the economy by helping to prevent the cross-border spread of infectious disease outbreaks in other countries.
Biosecurity risks to Southeast Asia stem from the region’s highly dynamic human-animal-environmental interface, a growing threat from terrorist groups, and the increased prevalence of advanced biotechnology.
Remarks delivered by Gigi Gronvall, PhD, on August 9, 2018, at the Meeting of Experts on Review of developments in the field of science and technology related to the United Nations Biological Weapons Convention.
Faculty at the Center for Health Security have developed a new degree track at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for US and international students who are passionate about taking a leadership role in preventing, detecting, and responding to epidemics and other disasters.