Protect people’s health from the consequences of epidemics and disasters
and ensure that communities are resilient to major challenges.

Enhancing international cooperation and collaboration to prevent epidemics and improve disease detection, surveillance, and response.

Advancing priorities and strategies to prepare for, respond to, and recover from large-scale epidemics of natural or deliberate origin.

Providing decision makers with analysis and recommendations needed
to prepare for and respond to disasters that threaten the public’s health.

Identifying, analyzing, and informing leaders about new and emerging threats to the public's health and security.

Enhancing understanding of the relationships among the life sciences, national security, and the public's health.