About
Us
Dr. Gupta, Director of the India Field Epidemiology Program in Chennai,
India.
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The Global Health and Security Initiative is working around
the world to address the complex and multifaceted threat posed by biological
agents. Infectious disease threats can emerge from many sources,
afflicting humans and animals, or threatening the food and water supply.
The biological threat—whether from natural disease epidemics,
the intentional use of pathogens for harm, or the inadvertent release
from a laboratory mishap —is a real and growing concern and challenges
traditional ways of thinking about prevention, deterrence and response. Responding
to this threat requires us to think anew about how to define and implement
enduring solutions. |
The Global Health and Security Initiative seeks to raise awareness
and leverage direct action through innovative partnerships and creative
approaches to reducing these threats. A more secure world demands that
we urgently address gaps in our global public health capacity for rapid
detection and response, as well as strengthening efforts to prevent
the development and use of biological weapons.
A Russian biologist working at VECTOR.
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The two goals of our initiative are to:
- Improve the global capacity for the prevention
of and preparedness for biological threats through enhanced disease
surveillance, early detection and response.
- Promote the safe and secure practice of the
biomedical sciences by safeguarding access to dangerous pathogens
and preventing the misuse of technology and information.
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Mission Approach and Funding Philosophy
NTI's Global Health and Security Initiative advocates threat
reduction solutions, raises public awareness, and undertakes direct
action projects that demonstrate innovative ways to reduce threats.
The
majority of the Global Health and Security Initiative's awards support operational activities that
it has a
strong hand in developing. While there is no formal award-making cycle,
the Global Health and Security Initiative will consider unsolicited projects that:
- Address significant high-risk situations;
- Generate additional funding and leverage action for threat reduction; or otherwise
- Promote the core objectives of the Global
Health and Security Initiative.
All of the Global Health and Security Initiative's activities are conducted with full transparency with governments. |
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