Global Health Security – Why does it Matter?

http://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/healthprotection/fieldupdates/pdf/dghp-field-updates-2014-summer.pdf 

The globalization of travel and trade of foods and drugs has increased opportunities for dangerous pathogens, which can arise anywhere in the world, to spread faster than ever. This poses serious threats to the United States as well as to other countries. We face a perfect storm of infectious disease threats that know no borders. New and deadly pathogens, such as H7N9 avian influenza and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), are emerging with increased frequency and these diseases can travel across the globe in less than 24 hours. 

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