Global Health Security Initiative

The Global Health Security Initiative (GHSI) is an international partnership between countries in order to supplement and strengthen their preparedness to repond to threats of biological, chemical, radio-nuclear terrorism (CBRN) and pandemic influenza.

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History

The Global Health Security Initiative was launched in November 2001 by Canada, the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States. The World Health Organization (WHO) acts as a technical advisor to the GHSI.

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Global Health Security Initiative (GHSI)

v • d • e Bioterrorism
Definitions	Bacteria · Biological hazard · Biological warfare · Decontamination · Infectious disease · Virus · Toxin · Terrorism
Biological agents	Anthrax · Avian influenza · Botulinum toxin · Brucellosis · Burkholderia pseudomallei · Chlamydophila psittaci · Coxiella burnetii · Ebola · Equine Encephalitis · Foodborne illness · Fungi · Glanders · Hantavirus · Henipavirus · Legionnaires' disease · Marburg virus · Mold · Plague · Ricin · Salmonella enterica · Salmonellosis · Salmonella typhi · Smallpox · Staphylococcus · Tularemia · Typhus · Viral hemorrhagic fever
Modern bioterrorist incidents	1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack · 2001 anthrax attacks
Prevention and response	Australia Group · Center for Biosecurity · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Defense Threat Reduction Agency · European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control · Global Health Security Initiative · Health Threat Unit · National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center · National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity · United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Wiktionary definition · Wikimedia Commons · Wikisource

External Links

Working Together to Counter Global Health Threats Event featuring Michael Leavitt, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, at the Woodrow Wilson Center in October 2007.

Categories: Public health organizations | Biological warfare