United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2007-09-28 monographic deposited born digital 57 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-1186 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1186 P0b002ee1803850bd f:d071186 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1186 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1186 GAO-07-1186 Developing countries Disease control Disease detection or diagnosis Disease surveillance Emerging infectious diseases Health care programs Infectious diseases International relations Laboratories Program evaluation Public health Public health research Program goals or objectives Field Epidemiology Training Programs Global Disease Detection Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System Other Written Product A76811 The rapid spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003 shows that disease outbreaks pose a threat beyond the borders of the country where they originate. Over the past decade, the United States has initiated a broad effort to ensure that countries can detect any disease outbreaks that may constitute a public health emergency of international concern. Three U.S. agencies--the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Department of Defense (DOD)--support programs aimed at building this broader capacity to detect a variety of infectious diseases. This report describes (1) the obligations, goals, and activities of these programs and (2) the U.S. agencies' monitoring of the programs' progress. To address these objectives, GAO reviewed budgets and other funding documents, examined strategic plans and program monitoring and progress reports, and interviewed U.S. agency officials. GAO did not review capacity-building efforts in programs that focus on specific diseases, namely polio, tuberculosis, malaria, avian influenza, or HIV/AIDS. GAO is not making any recommendations. The U.S. agencies whose programs we describe reviewed a draft of this report and generally concurred with our findings. They also provided technical comments, which we incorporated as appropriate. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1186/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1186.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1186/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1186.pdf GAO-07-1186 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1186 Other Written Product GAO-07-1186; Global Health: U.S. Agencies Support Programs to Build Overseas Capacity for Infectious Disease Surveillance; Developing countries Disease control Disease detection or diagnosis Disease surveillance Emerging infectious diseases Health care programs Infectious diseases International relations Laboratories Program evaluation Public health Public health research Program goals or objectives Field Epidemiology Training Programs Global Disease Detection Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System