Controlling disease outbreaks that threaten global public health is the goal of a new, 26-nation partnership launched in Washington. The United States is leading a group of countries and international organizations to help improve the world's ability to prevent, detect and respond to infectious disease threats.

US Launches Global Effort to Bolster Outbreak Preparedness When a lethal Ebola outbreak struck in 2012, Muslims in the Democratic Republic of Congo were barred from the Hajj pilgrimage.
In 2003, SARS leapt from China to more than two dozen countries with alarming speed.
Disease outbreaks anywhere are just a plane ride away in a globalized world, says U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
“Microbes and diseases are moving faster and farther than ever. And one thing we know for certain: they do not recognize or stop at nat...
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