Global health security news, funding and resources

Fogarty and NIH are committed to improving global health security by building the capacity of countries to address public health threats, health emergencies and infectious disease outbreaks.

Scientists world-wide must work together to stop epidemics early and at the source. Programs supported by Fogarty develop infectious disease research capacity, provide training in countries with little or no infrastructure, and link scientists to a global network of experts. The training provided to health care workers, doctors and researchers requires a relatively modest investment, but could provide the tools countries need to halt disease outbreaks in their tracks, possibly preventing the need for large-scale emergency efforts like the ones assembled to fight recent Ebola and Zika virus outbreaks.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) leads NIH infectious disease research, included research related to biodefense and emerging infectious diseases.

Top News

• United States Government Global Health Security Strategy 2019 [PDF], published May 2019
• Related news: President Donald J. Trump is protecting the homeland and the world from global health security threats
  White House fact sheet, May 9, 2019
• Strong clinical research capacity in at-risk countries key to global epidemic prevention
  The World Bank news, May 22, 2018
• US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its partners’ contributions to global health security
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 2017
• Multiple research approaches are key to pandemic preparedness, NIAID officials say
  NIAID/NIH news, October 5, 2017
• Empowering developing countries to direct their own research
  May / Jun 2017 Global Health Matters
• Fogarty protects Americans by building pandemic response capacity in Ebola-hit West Africa
  Mar / Apr 2017 Global Health Matters
• Open Science Prize announces epidemic tracking tool as grand prize winner
  NLM/NIH news, February 28, 2017
• Focus: Big data for infectious disease surveillance, modeling
  January / February 2017 Global Health Matters

Related Fogarty News and Information

• Fogarty provides support to Ebola-affected countries
  Nov / Dec 2016 Global Health Matters
• Fogarty trains Pakistani scientists in biorisk management
  Jul / Aug 2016 Global Health Matters
• Urgent vs Important global health issues
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
  May / Jun 2016 Global Health Matters
• Fogarty's RAPIDD program has catalyzed the field of infectious disease modeling
  May / June 2016 Global Health Matters
• Ebola, Zika modelers aim to inform policy decisions
  Mar / Apr 2016 Global Health Matters
• PAHO's Dr Marcos Espinal on global partnerships to fight Zika, Ebola and other diseases
  Mar / Apr 2016 Global Health Matters
• Commission considers how to improve global disease outbreak response
  Mar / Apr 2016 Global Health Matters
• Scientists aim to defeat Middle East respiratory virus
  Jul / Aug 2015 Global Health Matters
• Diplomacy: a powerful force to improve global health
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
  Jul / Aug 2015 Global Health Matters
• Global swine trade facilitates evolution, spread of flu
  Mar / Apr 2015 Global Health Matters
• Medical Education Partnership Initiative aids Ebola response
  Jan / Feb 2015 Global Health Matters
• Building the human capacity to deal with Ebola: How can we prevent future disease outbreaks?
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
  Nov / Dec 2014
• Lessons learned from 1976 Ebola outbreak
  Q and A with Fogarty Scientist Emeritus Dr Joel Breman
  Nov / Dec 2014 Global Health Matters
• Partnering with African scientists to improve global health
  Opinion by Fogarty Director Dr Roger I Glass
  Fogarty news, July 31, 2014
• Global leaders raise alarm on antibiotic resistance
  Jul / Aug 2014 Global Health Matters

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NIH News and Resources

• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) on biodefense and emerging infectious diseases

Other US Government Resources

• White House
• United States Government Global Health Security Strategy 2019 [PDF], published May 2019
• Department of Health and Human Services
• About the Global Health Security Agenda from HHS
• Global Health Security Agenda, a partnership of nations, international organizations and non-governmental stakeholders
• Public health emergency information from the HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• CDC and the Global Health Security Agenda
• Emerging Infectious Diseases from CDC
• National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at CDC
• Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response at CDC
• Department of Homeland Security National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center
• Department of State information on International Health and Biodefense
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Ready.gov

Other Online Resources

• Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
• World Health Organization (WHO):
• Emergency and disaster risk management for health
• Strengthening health security by implementing the International Health Regulations (IHR)