Sec. 6902. Findings
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Congress finds the following: In December 2009, President Obama released the National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats, which listed as one of seven objectives Promote global health security: Increase the availability of and access to knowledge and products of the life sciences that can help reduce the impact from outbreaks of infectious disease whether of natural, accidental, or deliberate origin . In February 2014, the United States and nearly 30 other nations launched the Global Health Security Agenda
(GHSA)to address several high-priority, global infectious disease threats. The GHSA is a multi-faceted, multi-country initiative intended to accelerate partner countries’ measurable capabilities to achieve specific targets to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats, whether naturally occurring, deliberate, or accidental. In 2015, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which include specific reference to the importance of global health security as part of SDG 3 ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages as follows: strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks . On November 4, 2016, President Obama signed Executive Order No. 13747, Advancing the Global Health Security Agenda to Achieve a World Safe and Secure from Infectious Disease Threats . In October 2017 at the GHSA Ministerial Meeting in Uganda, the United States and more than 40 GHSA member countries supported the Kampala Declaration to extend the GHSA for an additional 5 years to 2024. In December 2017, President Trump released the National Security Strategy, which includes the priority action: Detect and contain biothreats at their source: We will work with other countries to detect and mitigate outbreaks early to prevent the spread of disease. We will encourage other countries to invest in basic health care systems and to strengthen global health security across the intersection of human and animal health to prevent infectious disease outbreaks . In September 2018, President Trump released the National Biodefense Strategy, which includes objectives to strengthen global health security capacities to prevent local bioincidents from becoming epidemics , and strengthen international preparedness to support international response and recovery capabilities . In January 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 13987 (86 Fed. Reg. 7019; relating to Organizing and Mobilizing the United States Government to Provide a Unified and Effective Response to Combat COVID–19 and to Provide United States Leadership on Global Health and Security), as well as National Security Memorandum on United States Global Leadership to Strengthen the International COVID–19 Response and to Advance Global Health Security and Biological Preparedness, which include objectives to strengthen and reform the World Health Organization, increase United States leadership in the global response to COVID–19, and to finance and advance global health security and pandemic preparedness.
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