"Global Efforts to Combat Future Pandemics Intensify with Biden's 50-Country Partnership"

The Biden administration has announced a new partnership with 50 countries, primarily in Africa and Asia, to help them identify and respond to infectious diseases in an effort to prevent future pandemics like COVID-19. The Global Health Security Strategy aims to enhance testing, surveillance, communication, and preparedness in these countries. This initiative comes as countries struggle to reach a worldwide accord on pandemic responses, with ongoing talks for a pandemic treaty facing major disputes. The U.S. will continue its global health strategy to prevent future pandemics, with several government agencies providing support to refine infectious disease responses in partner countries. The U.S. has already begun assisting Congo in its response to an mpox virus outbreak, and aims to have 100 countries signed onto the program by the end of the year.