America First Global Health Strategy

Today, the U.S. Department of State released its America First Global Health Strategy.

This strategy builds on the successes of past global health programs.  Over the last 25 years, the United States global health programs have:

However, our global health programs have become inefficient and wasteful and created a culture of dependency among recipient countries.

SAFER: We will keep America safe by monitoring and helping quickly contain infectious disease outbreaks before they reach U.S. shores.

STRONGER: We will strengthen bilateral relationships with key countries by entering multi-year bilateral agreements that advance American interests, save lives, and enable economic growth: 

MORE PROSPEROUS.  We will make America more prosperous by promoting American health innovation around the world and protecting our economy from infectious disease outbreaks and

Infectious disease outbreaks can quickly become epidemics that can lead to significant economic disruption. By helping contain outbreaks where they originate, we will protect the U.S. economy from health-related disruptions.

We will promote American health innovation globally by procuring and distributing goods from American companies through our foreign assistance programs and leveraging our bilateral relationships to promote American health innovation and products around the world.