Is the US Government doing enough to develop new medical countermeasures for emerging infectious
diseases? If you could select a single medical countermeasure as a top priority for funding, resources, and
fast-track approval, which one would it be and why?
Read the two documents below. The PHEMCE SIP, though dated, will give you a fairly thorough overview of
where we are with medical countermeasures development – and who is doing what. It is a long document, but
you will emerge knowing quite a lot about what the US is doing in this critical area.
- As a foundation, read HSPD-18 – Medical Countermeasures Against Weapons of Mass Destruction (2007)
- To understand the US Government’s approach to MCM development, read the 2017-2018 PHEMCE
Strategy and Implementation Plan. - Read about the development of platform technologies for vaccine development in “Novel Vaccine
Technologies: Essential Components of an Adequate Response to Emerging Viral Diseases” (JAMA, March
2018) - Read about new efforts to collaborate to develop vaccines. This article is about The Coalition for Epidemic
Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). You can read more about CEPI’s Approach as well.
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