Merali S, Asiedu-Bekoe F, Clara A, Adjabeng M, Baffoenyarko I, Frimpong JA, et al. (2020) Community-based surveillance advances the Global Health Security Agenda in Ghana. PLoSONE 15(8): e0237320. Ghana Health Service (GHS) has strengthened community-based surveillance (CBS) to facilitate early detection and rapid reporting of health events of all origins. Since June 2017, GHS has … Continue reading Community-based surveillance advances the Global Health Security Agenda in Ghana
The 6th GHSA Ministerial Meeting
Save the Date https://videopress.com/v/7Q313RLQ?preloadContent=metadata Thailand will host the 6th Ministerial Meeting under the theme, “Bridging Cooperative Action for Global Health Security” on November 18-20, 2020. Now, more than ever before, the world recognizes this moment as the most important time to highlight global health security and to secure GHSA commitments. The Ministerial Meeting seeks to … Continue reading The 6th GHSA Ministerial Meeting
APP3 Statement on Biosecurity and Biosafety During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Global Health Security Agenda Action Package Prevent-3 (APP3) on Biosafety and Biosecurity recognizes that strong, whole-of-government biosafety and biosecurity systems enable countries to protect populations and counter biological threats, regardless of origin – natural, accidental, or intentional - while also fostering scientific progress and improving health security through international collaboration. On March 11, 2020 … Continue reading APP3 Statement on Biosecurity and Biosafety During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The World Is Better Prepared To Respond To COVID-19 Because Of The Global Health Security Agenda
Member Countries and Partners Reaffirm Their Commitment to GHSA 2024 The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates how infectious disease outbreaks anywhere can have devastating health, economic, political, and societal consequences worldwide. No country has been untouched by COVID-19 and no country is fully prepared for the next outbreak. The Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) has been at … Continue reading The World Is Better Prepared To Respond To COVID-19 Because Of The Global Health Security Agenda
State of the Region 2019: Health Security in the Indo-Pacific
"The Australian Government Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security administers theAustralian Government health security initiative, and supports change and innovation inhealth security policy and practice in the Indo-Pacific region. The Centre is working withcountry partners and other stakeholders, and investing in health systems research, productdevelopment, workforce and laboratory capacity building, and disease surveillance. To support planning, … Continue reading State of the Region 2019: Health Security in the Indo-Pacific
Advancing the GHSA: Results and Impact of U.S. Government Investments 2018
GHSA builds capabilities across 11 specific technical areas, or Action Packages, that span multiple sectors and disciplines, including animal and human health, agriculture, and security. This report outlines examples of U.S. support for GHSA implementation, including shared outcomes of investments (what the U.S. technical and financial support coordinated with other partner investments have helped countries … Continue reading Advancing the GHSA: Results and Impact of U.S. Government Investments 2018
Public-private partnership for global health security between Uganda and the PSRT launched at WHA72
Image: PSRT At the 72nd World Health Assembly last week, the Private Sector Roundtable (PSRT) and the Government of Uganda signed a Memorandum of Understanding to advance the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA). The partnership marks the first between the PSRT and a GHSA country and will serve to support Uganda in addressing specific health … Continue reading Public-private partnership for global health security between Uganda and the PSRT launched at WHA72
Executive Summary of the GHSA Workforce Meeting, March 2019
The GHSA meeting on the progress and ways forward for the Regional Strategic Frameworks in animal and human health on workforce development. 13-15 March 2019, Bangkok, Thailand Executive summary
Implementing the GHSA: Progress and Impact from U.S. Government Investments 2017
GHSA builds capabilities across 11 specific technical areas, or ActionPackages, that span multiple sectors and disciplines, including animal andhuman health, agriculture, and security. This report provide examples of U.S. support for GHSA implementation, including shared outcomes of its investments (what the U.S. technical and financial support coordinated with other partner investments have helped countries achieve) … Continue reading Implementing the GHSA: Progress and Impact from U.S. Government Investments 2017
Kampala Declaration 2017
At the October 2017 GHSA Ministerial Meeting in Uganda, 400 participants from more than 40 GHSA member countries declared their support for the “Kampala Declaration”. Building upon the Seoul Declaration of 2015, the Kampala Declaration extended the GHSA for an additional five years, until 2024. While GHSA partners have achieved progress in increasing health security … Continue reading Kampala Declaration 2017