National Health Security Strategy and Implementation Plan

2015-2018

Contents

Contents............................................................................................................................................ii

Foreword...........................................................................................................................................v

Introduction ......................................................................................................................................1

Strategic Landscape .......................................................................................................................2

Past Progress .................................................................................................................................5

Vision, Goal, and Guiding Principles................................................................................................6

Guiding Principles ................................................................................................................................ 8

Strategic Objectives ...........................................................................................................................9

Strategic Objective 1: Build and Sustain Healthy, Resilient Communities .......................................10

Scope ..................................................................................................................................................10

Vision for Building and Sustaining Healthy, Resilient Communities ..................................................10

Operational Context...........................................................................................................................10

Priorities .............................................................................................................................................11

Strategic Objective 2: Enhance the National Capability to Produce and Effectively Use Both Medical

Countermeasures and Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions.............................................................13

Scope ..................................................................................................................................................13

Vision for Enhancing the National Countermeasure Capability.........................................................13

Operational Context...........................................................................................................................14

Priorities .............................................................................................................................................16

Strategic Objective 3: Ensure Comprehensive Health Situational Awareness to Support Decision-

Making Before Incidents and During Response and Recovery Operations ......................................18

Scope ..................................................................................................................................................18

Vision for Ensuring Health Situational Awareness to Support Decision-Making ...............................19

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Operational Context...........................................................................................................................20

Priorities .............................................................................................................................................21

Strategic Objective 4: Enhance the Integration and Effectiveness of the Public Health, Healthcare,

and Emergency Management Systems..........................................................................................23

Scope ..................................................................................................................................................23

Vision for Enhancing the Integration and Effectiveness of the Public Health, Healthcare, and

Emergency Management Systems.....................................................................................................23

Operational Context...........................................................................................................................25

Priorities .............................................................................................................................................27

Strategic Objective 5: Strengthen Global Health Security...............................................................28

Scope ..................................................................................................................................................29

Vision for Strengthening Global Health Security................................................................................29

Operational Context...........................................................................................................................29

Priorities .............................................................................................................................................31

Conclusion .......................................................................................................................................33

Appendix A: National Health Security Strategy Implementation Plan 20152018 ...............................35

Implementation...........................................................................................................................35

National Health Security Stakeholders..........................................................................................35

Aligning Implementation with Strategy ........................................................................................37

Implementation Activities ............................................................................................................37

Organization of the Document .....................................................................................................38

Strategic Objective 1: Build and Sustain Healthy, Resilient Communities .......................................39

Overview ............................................................................................................................................39

Activities by Priority ...........................................................................................................................39

Strategic Objective 2: Enhance the National Capability to Produce and Effectively Use Both Medical

Countermeasures and Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions.............................................................42

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Overview ............................................................................................................................................42

Activities by Priority ...........................................................................................................................43

Strategic Objective 3: Ensure Comprehensive Health Situational Awareness to Support Decision-

Making Before Incidents and During Response and Recovery Operations ......................................47

Overview ............................................................................................................................................47

Activities by Priority ...........................................................................................................................48

Strategic Objective 4: Enhance the Integration and Effectiveness of the Public Health, Healthcare,

and Emergency Management Systems..........................................................................................54

Overview ............................................................................................................................................54

Activities by Priority ...........................................................................................................................55

Strategic Objective 5: Strengthen Global Health Security...............................................................59

Overview ............................................................................................................................................59

Activities by Priority ...........................................................................................................................59

Implementation Management......................................................................................................63

Oversight ............................................................................................................................................63

Supporting Stakeholder Execution of the Implementation Plan .......................................................65

Evaluating Progress Toward National Health Security.......................................................................66

Appendix B: Glossary .......................................................................................................................67

Appendix C: Abbreviations ...............................................................................................................72

Appendix D: Crosswalk Between Public Health Service Act Goals and Subgoals and the National Health

Security Strategy and Implementation Plan 20152018.................................................................