NIAID Director Suggests Establishing Global Health Reserve Fund To Respond To Future Disease Outbreaks

Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks”: Fauci: A ‘global health reserve fund’ needed, for Zika, and outbreaks to come
Rabita Aziz, policy research coordinator for the Center for Global Health Policy, discusses remarks made by National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci at an event at the Bipartisan Policy Center, during which Fauci suggested establishing a global health reserve fund for public health emergencies. According to Aziz, Fauci said, “We cannot prevent these infections … but we can improve the way we respond” (8/1).

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