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Six years after the WHO declared COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the world has strengthened preparedness through measures like the WHO Pandemic Agreement, IHR amendments, and the Pandemic Fund, plus expanded surveillance and vaccine/biotech capacity; however, progress is uneven and fragile, underscoring the need for sustained global collaboration to prevent the next pandemic.
The Biden-Harris Administration has released the U.S. Global Health Security Strategy (GHSS) to strengthen global health security, aiming to prevent, detect, and respond to health security threats. The strategy focuses on bilateral partnerships, political commitment, financing, and leadership, as well as maximizing linkages between health security and complementary programs. It sets out three goals to guide the United States' affirmative agenda to advance global health security, aiming to make the world safer from the risk posed by pandemics and other health security events.