Global Health Security Initiative (GHSI)

The GHSI was formed in October 2001 and provides a global forum for high-level discussion around and the coordination of public-health emergency-preparedness and response policies. The overarching purpose of the GHSI is increasing preparedness among its members to address health-related threats to global security, such as nuclear, chemical, or radiological terrorist attacks, and outbreaks of infectious diseases. The GHSI members, who meet annually, are the Ministers of Health from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom; the Secretaries of Health from Japan, México, and the United States; the Health Commissioner of the European Union (EU); and the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

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News & Features

• 10/31—HHS Secretary Delivers Speech on Countering Global Health Threats, Hosted by Woodrow Wilson Center’s Director’s Forum
• 10/29—Health Leaders Meet in Washington, D.C., for Global Health Security Initiative Ministerial

Global Health Security Initiative

The GHSI was formed in October 2001 and provides a global forum for high-level discussion around and the coordination of public-health emergency-preparedness and response policies.

• Global Health Security Initiative

Last revised: February 26, 2008