Instead, we should apply science and technology solutions, and reap the rewards. We could be the world leader in health. And it's cost-effective. Bloom and colleagues offer concrete recommendations for getting the United States more involved in global health. The IOM report calls for more research and education about diseases of the developing world, a global surveillance system to spot environmental changes and emerging disease conditions, public and private sector partnerships to distribute vaccines and drugs overseas, and a new government body, the Interagency Task Force on Global Health, to help coordinate these efforts.
Researchers welcome the report.
They're not just laying out the problems. Instead, they're providing a framework for what the U.S. should do. But the report's authors are optimistic. All it takes is leadership. Similarly, researchers now propose a model for global, not just international, health.