The Global Health Security Agenda and EPT-2

Question 1

What is GHSA?

Answer 1

A global partnership involving nearly 50 countries, international organizations, and civil society

Question 2

What is the goal of GHSA?

Answer 2

To accelerate progress toward a world safe and secure from the threat of infectious disease

Question 3

When was GHSA formaly launched in the USA?

Answer 3

February 2014

Question 4

What is the GHSA framework?

Answer 4

Prevent avoidable epidemics
Detect threats early
Respond rapidly and effectively

Question 5

What does GHSA try to prevent?

Answer 5

1: Antimicrobial resistance
2: Zoonotic disease
3: Biosafety and biosecurity
4: Immunization

Question 6

What does GHSA try to detect?

Answer 6

1: National laboratory system
2 and 3: Real-time surveillance
4: GHSA reporting
5: Workforce development

Question 7

What does GHSA respond to?

Answer 7

1: Emergency operations centers
2: Linking public health with law and multisectoral rapid response
3: Medical countermeasures and personnel deployment

Question 8

What is EPT-2 building on?

Answer 8

The progress of EPT-1 by strengthening prevention, detection, and response related to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases

Question 9

What is EPT-2 goal?

Answer 9

To prevent, detect, and control emerging infectious disease at their source

Question 10

What is the GHSA vision?

Answer 10

Accelerating progress toward making the world surface from the threat of infectious diseases

Question 11

What are the stages of GHSA and EPT-2 focusing on disease emergence?

Answer 11

1: pre-emergence stage
2: localized emergence stage
3: pandemic stage

Question 12

What is the pre-emergence stage?

Answer 12

Microbes transmitted among animal reservoirs

Question 13

What is the localized emergence stage?

Answer 13

Limited spillover events or large-scale spillover

Question 14

What is the pandemic stage?

Answer 14

Sustained human-to-human transmission

Question 15

What factors that intensify animal-human interactions is disease emergence closely linked?

Answer 15

Population pressures
Security
Economic growth
Globalization
Changing habitats

Question 16

What are the EPT-2 strategic areas of focus?

Answer 16

Developing longitudinal data sets
Understanding the human behaviors and practices
Promoting policies and practices
Supporting national OH platforms
Investing in the OH workforce
Strengthening national preparedness
Strengthening global networks