On April 16, 2024 the Biden-Harris Administration launched a new Global Health Security Strategy, reaffirming the United States’ leadership in global health security. The new Strategy will drive action across federal departments and agencies, and rally support from other countries, the private sector, and civil society to better prevent, detect, respond to and recover from infectious disease threats.

The United States works at home and abroad to prevent, detect, prepare for, and respond to infectious disease threats, whether these threats occur naturally, accidentally, or intentionally. U.S. national security and prosperity depend on countries around the world being prepared to prevent outbreaks when possible, and to rapidly detect and respond to biological threats when they occur.The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the risk that health security threats pose to individuals, communities, and nations – endangering health, straining health systems, and disrupting economies and livelihoods. Recent outbreaks of mpox, Marburg, cholera and other diseases are a reminder that the risks of infectious diseases are increasing around the world.Partnering with other countries to stop infectious disease threats at their source, aiming to prevent health emergencies and pandemics, protects Americans and people around the world.