CIAO DATE: 09/2010
June 2010
United States Institute of Peace
Recognizing the threat posed by old and new infectious diseases, this report examines U.S. policies in support of foreign capacity to control the spread of dangerous pathogens. It calls for expanding U.S. policies designed to strengthen surveillance and response capacity abroad as a frontline defense against a potential pandemic and as a peaceful and positive dimension of U.S. global health diplomacy. William J. Long is professor and chair of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow with the United States Institute of Peace. Jennifer Marsh provided research assistance in preparing this report.
Resource link: Pandemic Preemption: A U.S. Strategy for Infectious Disease Control [PDF] - 251K