Advancing the Global Health Security Agenda
Stopping outbreaks at the source. Protecting America’s future.
CDC works 24/7 to protect America’s health security by fighting dangerous disease threats around the world. We are the frontline responders, containing outbreaks overseas so they do not reach our shores.
The world is at greater risk than ever from global health threats.
We may not know what the next epidemic will be, but we know that one is coming.

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Joint External Evaluations (JEE)
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Joint External Evaluations (JEEs) are voluntary, external assessments of a country’s capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious diseases and other public health threats.
Page last reviewed: November 1, 2018
Content source: Global Health