Advancing the Global Health Security Agenda To Achieve a World Safe and Secure From Infectious Disease Threats
Headline: Establishes Interagency Council to Advance Global Health Security
What it does: Agencies must coordinate implementation of the GHSA, designate senior leads, include GHSA in planning and budgets, and report progress to an interagency council.
- Creates an interagency GHSA Council that meets at least four times per year.
- Requires agencies to add GHSA activities to strategic planning and budget processes.
- Mandates annual public reports and a five-year overall review by September 2019.
Summary
This order directs the U.S. government to advance the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA), a multi-country effort to help partner countries prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats. It creates an interagency GHSA Review Council led by National Security Council staff to coordinate policy and measure progress.
Heads of major departments — those handling health, diplomacy, defense, agriculture, law enforcement, and international aid — must make GHSA a priority, name senior leads, include GHSA in planning and budgets, and report on progress; the order requires annual public reports and a five-year review.
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