U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: National Health Security Strategy 2019-2022 The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services released its 2019-2022 National Health Security Strategy, which “provides a vision for strengthening [the] nation’s ability to prevent, detect, assess, prepare for, mitigate, respond to, and recover from 21st century…

Kaiser Family Foundation: Militaries and Global Health: Peace, Conflict, and Disaster Response In this article for The Lancet, Joshua Michaud, associate director, and Kellie Moss, senior policy analyst, both with the global health policy team at KFF, and 11 co-authors examine the varied roles, responsibilities, and approaches of militaries in…

Australian Associated Press: Calls for security, police, health to link “Police and security services should strive to work in conjunction with health authorities, rather than being seen as intruders, Australian researchers say. An article published in The Lancet on Friday warns global decision-makers risk lives and financial cost if segregation…

Devex: Opinion: What we’ll be celebrating — and mourning — this time next year Karl Hofmann, president and CEO of Population Services International “…Fast forward with me to my 2019 ‘look back’ at what we will be rightly celebrating as global health successes and recognizing as global health challenges. ……

BMJ Global Health: January 2019 The January 2019 issue of BMJ Global Health highlights several global health-related articles, including an analysis examining the areas of convergence and divergence between global health security and universal health coverage and a research article on the trends and drivers of government health spending in…

New York Times: North Korea’s Less-Known Military Threat: Biological Weapons “Pound for pound, the deadliest arms of all time are not nuclear but biological. … Even so, the Trump administration has given scant attention to North Korea’s pursuit of living weapons — a threat that analysts describe as more immediate…

Global Health Governance: Fall 2018 Issue This issue of Global Health Governance features various articles on global health diplomacy, security, coordination, and accountability (December 2018).

U.S. Government Accountability Office: National Security: Long-Range Emerging Threats Facing the United States As Identified by Federal Agencies “The United States faces a complex array of threats to our national security, including our political, economic, military, and social systems. These threats will continue to evolve as new and resurgent adversaries…

Homeland Preparedness News: Reps. Chabot, Connolly sponsor global health security bill “U.S. Reps. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) and Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) introduced legislation Thursday that seeks to reaffirm U.S. commitment to promoting global health security. The Global Health Security Act would codify how the United States prepares for and responds to…

NTI: NTI | bio Launches New Interactive on Biological Threat Preparedness “Are we ready to prevent a global biological catastrophe? NTI | bio is asking U.S. and international decision makers this tough question in a new interactive infographic that explores the vulnerabilities that exist in any country, examines global risk…