Ending the cycle of crisis and complacency in U.S. global health security
Contents
About CSIS
About the CSIS commission on strengthening America's health security
Acknowledgments
Letter from the co-chairs
Members of the CSIS commission on strengthening America's health security
Executive summary
A world of peril
Bad habits, barriers, and vulnerabilities
A moment to change course
A U.S. doctrine of continuous prevention, protection, and resilience
1. Restore health security leadership at the white house national security council
2. Commit to full and sustained multi-year funding for the global health security agenda to build partner capacity.
3. Establish a pandemic preparedness challenge at the world bank to incentivize countries to invest in their own preparedness.
4. Ensure rapid access to resources for health emergencies.
5. Establish a U.S. global health crises response corps.
6. Strengthen the delivery of critical health services in disordered settings.
7. Systematically confront two urgent technology challenges: the need for new vaccines and therapeutics and the public health communications crisis
Time to act
Appendix i: illustrative costing for recommended programs and initiatives
Appendix ii: congressional authorities and oversight of U.S. government efforts to advance global health security
Appendix iii: glossary of key terms.