A component of a large academic medical center in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, the center is an international leader for the management of high-consequence infections. GCHS oversees the United States’ only National Quarantine Unit and one of the nation’s largest patient biocontainment units. As coleading institution for the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC) and a major training hub for US Federal Government disaster medical response teams, GCHS sets standards for prepared health systems against emerging infectious disease (EID) threats. GCHS has a strong history of international response and collaboration, working with partners across Africa responding to viral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks and establishing surveillance networks for EID.
Global Health.
Global Health Security
Global health security (GHS) defines a state of strong, resilient, and interconnected health systems and communities able to prevent, detect, and mitigate the impact of acute health threats. Increasing urbanization; environmental encroachment, interconnected supply chains, climate change, and global transportation networks have created a world that is more vulnerable to EIDs and other health emergencies.
Because an outbreak anywhere threatens all of us everywhere, we must build global networks capable of preventing, detecting, and rapidly responding to emerging disease threats.
