"GOARN, which includes more than 310 national public health agencies, United Nations agencies, academic institutions, and nongovernmental groups, helps identify and manage infectious disease outbreaks worldwide. Since it was established in 2000, GOARN says it has helped manage more than 175 global health emergencies across 114 countries."
"Dr. Ali Khan, a medical epidemiologist who is the dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and a former member of the GOARN steering committee, said the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted how 'disease has no borders' and the importance of sharing information globally to quash the spread of contagious diseases."
"Until now, however, state public health agencies have not been members, because they relied on the U.S. government's participation in GOARN for information on global outbreaks."
Following the Trump administration's January withdrawal from the World Health Organization, at least four U.S. public health jurisdictions have independently joined the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN). California joined in January, while Illinois, New York state, and New York City joined in subsequent months. GOARN comprises over 310 organizations worldwide and has managed more than 175 global health emergencies since 2000. State public health agencies previously relied on federal government participation for outbreak information. Medical epidemiologist Dr. Ali Khan emphasizes that the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated disease's borderless nature and the critical importance of global information sharing to control infectious disease spread.
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