The U.S. government and global health security
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Issue brief (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
- Author(s):
- Michaud, Josh, author Moss, Kellie, author Kates, Jen, author
- Contributor(s):
- Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Menlo Park, CA : Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, November 2017
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Financing, Government -- trends Global Health -- economics International Agencies -- economics Security Measures -- economics Forecasting International Cooperation Humans United States United States. Agency for International Development United States. Department of Defense. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Attention to global health security--that is, efforts to help prepare for and address pandemic and epidemic diseases--has grown significantly over the past few decades, driven by the ongoing threat posed by emerging infectious diseases (EIDs), including HIV, SARS, H1N1, Ebola, and Zika. (1) While the U.S. government (U.S.) has supported global health security work for more than two decades, its involvement has expanded over time, and global health security is now a defined component of the U.S. global health response. The U.S. has also played a key role in development of the "Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA)," an international partnership launched in 2014. (2) U.S. funding for its primary global health security programs--activities primarily carried out by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Department of Defense (DoD)--has remained relatively flat from FY 2006 ($390 million) through FY 2017 ($402 million), with episodic funding spikes through supplemental funding mechanisms reflecting specific outbreak events, including Ebola in FY 2015 ($1 billion) and Zika in FY 2016 ($145.5 million). The Administration has proposed reduced global health security funding for FY 2018 ($353 million). (3) Through these programs, the U.S. has helped other countries to make measurable improvements in capabilities to detect and respond to emerging disease events, but more work is needed to achieve stated U.S. objectives. In addition, while U.S. efforts were able to expand in recent years due largely to emergency Ebola and Zika funding, much of this funding is set to end in FY 2019, leaving the future of an expanded U.S. response uncertain.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (9 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101717251 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101717251