Contributions of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Implementing the Global Health Security Agenda in 17 Partner Countries

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Fitzmaurice, Arthur G. ; Mahar, Michael ; Moriarty, Leah F. ; Bartee, Maureen ; Hirai, Mitsuaki ; Li, Wenshu ; Gerber, A. Russell ; Tappero, Jordan W. ; Bunnell, Rebecca
• Corporate Authors:
  GHSA Implementation Group
• Description:
  The Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA), a partnership of nations, international organizations, and civil society, was launched in 2014 with a mission to build countries' capacities to respond to infectious disease threats and to foster global compliance with the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005). The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) assists partner nations to improve IHR 2005 capacities and achieve GHSA targets. To assess progress through these CDC-supported efforts, we analyzed country activity reports dating from April 2015 through March 2017. Our analysis shows that CDC helped 17 Phase I countries achieve 675 major GHSA accomplishments, particularly in the cross-cutting areas of public health surveillance, laboratory systems, workforce development, and emergency response management. CDC's engagement has been critical to these accomplishments, but sustained support is needed until countries attain IHR 2005 capacities, thereby fostering national and regional health protection and ensuring a world safer and more secure from global health threats.
• Subjects:
  Communicable Disease Control Disease Outbreaks Emergencies Global Health Health Plan Implementation Humans International Cooperation International Health Regulations Laboratories Preventive Health Services Public Health Public Health Surveillance Research

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 23(Suppl 1):S15-S24
• Pubmed ID:
  29155676
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5711326
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Name as Subject:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Global Health Security Agenda ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Global Health Security Agenda
• Volume:
  23
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:51466c217df78b6c77bd7a302fd314a0f155ebee4ddc6b683204e405deaa58a0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/50107/cdc_50107_DS1.pdf
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