MERS Countermeasures as One of Global Health Security Agenda

MERS Countermeasures as One of Global Health Security Agenda

which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. More than one month has passed by since the first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was confirmed in Republic of Korea (ROK) on May 20, 2015 (1). Just a single patient, who visited Dammam, Saudi Arabia, devastatingly produced 18...

Two Epidemics and Global Health Security Agenda

February 2014 witnessed two remarkable public health events’ start on Earth: The first case of Ebola outbreak in West Africa was confirmed. A total number of suspected and confirmed cases in the Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (EHF) outbreak had increased to 28,637 cases, including 15,249 laboratory-confirmed cases and 11,324 deaths in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria, Mali, Senegal, Spain, and t...

The global health security agenda in an age of biosecurity.

Out of Africa, Into Global Health Security Agenda

February 2014 witnessed the start of two remarkable public health events on Earth: The Ebola outbreak and the launch of Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA). Since the first case of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was confirmed, the total number of suspected and confirmed cases in the Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) outbreak has increased to 13,268, including 8168 laboratory-confirmed cases and...

Moving ahead on the global health security agenda.

On February 13, 2014, a new Global Health Security (GHS) agenda was launched by more than 20 countries, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). This new effort aims to drive and coordinate action among these partners, as well as the international NGO community and the private sect...