According to an HHS press release, the president’s budget for fiscal year 2015 will include a $45 million increase in funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prevent avoidable outbreaks and improve outbreak response. The funding will also allow the agency to develop new diagnostic tests, improve capabilities for detecting new pathogens, improving public health emergency management capacity and supporting responses to disease outbreaks.
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HHS, among other agencies, has pledged to work closely with the global partnership to reduce antimicrobial resistance, decrease disease transmission and improve infectious disease surveillance, according to the release.
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