U.S. State Department Plans New Framework to Advance America First Global Health Strategy

7 November 2025

— The U.S. State Department has prepared templates for new bilateral health agreements that would give Washington expanded oversight of disease surveillance, outbreak reporting and data sharing in partner countries.

— Countries would be required to notify the U.S. within one day of detecting infectious disease outbreaks, share pathogen samples within five days, and defer to US Food and Drug Administration decisions about using medicines on an emergency basis.

— The administration is pursuing agreements with roughly 60 countries, with the goal of having agreements in place by mid-December, and the State Department is leading the negotiations.

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