1. The Importance of Continued US Investment to Sustain Momentum Toward Global Health Security.
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Nuzzo, Jennifer B., Cicero, Anita J., and Inglesby, Thomas V.
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FOREIGN aid (American) , *WORLD health , *PREVENTION of epidemics , *FEDERAL aid to health planning , *EBOLA virus disease prevention , *ECONOMICS & politics , *INTERNATIONAL economic relations , *TWENTY-first century , *HISTORY , *PREVENTION of communicable diseases , *ENDOWMENTS , *INTERNATIONAL relations , *SECURITY systems , *HUMAN services programs - Abstract
The article discusses what the authors refer to as the importance of continued U.S. investments in a global health security movement, and it mentions America's launch of the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) in 2014 and international efforts to prevent epidemics involving diseases such as Ebola. According to the article, U.S. funding for the GHSA is ending and American President Donald Trump's administration has failed to commit to future financial support.
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- 2017
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