Sec. 102. Global health security strategy
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The President shall maintain and advance a comprehensive strategy with a One Health approach toward advancing the global health security and diplomacy objectives of the United States overseas, which shall— seek to strengthen United States diplomatic leadership and improve the effectiveness of United States foreign assistance for global health security to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats, including through advancement of the Global Health Security Agenda; establish specific and measurable goals, benchmarks, timetables, performance metrics, and monitoring and evaluation plans for United States foreign assistance for global health security that promote learning and reflect international best practices relating to global health security, transparency, and accountability; establish mechanisms to improve coordination and performance by the relevant Federal departments and agencies, including by setting out clear roles and responsibilities that reflect the unique capabilities and resources of each such department and agency; establish mechanisms to improve coordination and avoid duplication of effort among the relevant Federal departments and agencies, partner countries, donor countries, multilateral organizations, and other key stakeholders; prioritize working with partner countries with low scores on the Global Health Security Index classification of health systems and on the Global Health Security Agenda Joint External Evaluation; reduce long-term reliance upon United States foreign assistance for global health security by promoting partner country ownership, improved domestic resource mobilization, co-financing, and appropriate national budget allocations for global health security and pandemic preparedness and response; assist partner countries in building the technical capacity of relevant ministries to prepare, execute, monitor, and evaluate effective national action plans for health security, including mechanisms to enhance budget and global health data transparency, as necessary and appropriate; align United States foreign assistance for global health security with partner country national action plans for health security, developed with input from key stakeholders, to the greatest extent practicable and appropriate; create linkages between complementary bilateral and multilateral foreign assistance programs that contribute to the development of more resilient health systems and supply chains in partner countries with the capacity, resources, and personnel required to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats; support innovation and public-private partnerships to improve pandemic preparedness and response, including for the development and deployment of effective infectious disease tracking tools, diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines; support collaboration with and among relevant public and private research entities engaged in global health security; and support collaboration between United States universities and public and private institutions in partner countries that promote global health security and innovation. 2021 compliance The United States Global Health Security Strategy, published on May 9, 2019, in compliance with section 7058(c)(3) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 (division K of Public Law 115–141 ), shall be deemed to comply with the requirement under this section for fiscal year 2021.
Concurrent with the submission of the report required by section 634 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2394 ) for fiscal years 2022 through 2025, the President, in consultation with the head of each relevant Federal department and agency, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees updates to the United States Global Health Security Strategy, including the agency-specific plans required under paragraph (2). The strategy updates required under this subsection shall include specific implementation plans from each relevant Federal department and agency that describe— the anticipated staffing plans and contributions of the department or agency, including technical, financial, and in-kind contributions, to implement the strategy; and the efforts of the department or agency to ensure that the activities and programs carried out pursuant to the strategy are designed to achieve maximum impact and long-term results.
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