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value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/canada/>Canada</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/central-african-republic/>Central African Republic</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/chad/>Chad</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/chile/>Chile</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/china/>China</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/colombia/>Colombia</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/comoros/>Comoros</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/costa-rica/>Costa Rica</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/cote-divoire/>C么te d鈥橧voire</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/croatia/>Croatia</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/cuba/>Cuba</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/cyprus/>Cyprus</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/czechia/>Czechia</option> <option data-always-display="true" class="nav__countries-index" disabled>D</option><option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/>Democratic Republic of the Congo</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/denmark/>Denmark</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/djibouti/>Djibouti</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/dominica/>Dominica</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/dominican-republic/>Dominican Republic</option> <option data-always-display="true" class="nav__countries-index" disabled>E</option><option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/ecuador/>Ecuador</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/egypt/>Egypt</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/el-salvador/>El Salvador</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/equatorial-guinea/>Equatorial Guinea</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/eritrea/>Eritrea</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/estonia/>Estonia</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/eswatini/>Eswatini</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/ethiopia/>Ethiopia</option> <option data-always-display="true" class="nav__countries-index" disabled>F</option><option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/fiji/>Fiji</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/finland/>Finland</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/france/>France</option> <option data-always-display="true" class="nav__countries-index" disabled>G</option><option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/gabon/>Gabon</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/gambia/>Gambia</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/georgia/>Georgia</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/germany/>Germany</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/ghana/>Ghana</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/greece/>Greece</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/grenada/>Grenada</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/guatemala/>Guatemala</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/guinea/>Guinea</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/guinea-bissau/>Guinea-Bissau</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/guyana/>Guyana</option> <option data-always-display="true" class="nav__countries-index" disabled>H</option><option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/haiti/>Haiti</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/holy-see/>Holy See</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/honduras/>Honduras</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/hungary/>Hungary</option> <option data-always-display="true" class="nav__countries-index" disabled>I</option><option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/iceland/>Iceland</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/india/>India</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/indonesia/>Indonesia</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/iran/>Iran</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/iraq/>Iraq</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/ireland/>Ireland</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/israel/>Israel</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/italy/>Italy</option> <option data-always-display="true" class="nav__countries-index" disabled>J</option><option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/jamaica/>Jamaica</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/japan/>Japan</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/jordan/>Jordan</option> <option data-always-display="true" class="nav__countries-index" disabled>K</option><option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/kazakhstan/>Kazakhstan</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/kenya/>Kenya</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/kiribati/>Kiribati</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/kosovo/>Kosovo</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/kuwait/>Kuwait</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/kyrgyzstan/>Kyrgyzstan</option> <option data-always-display="true" class="nav__countries-index" disabled>L</option><option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/laos/>Laos</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/latvia/>Latvia</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/lebanon/>Lebanon</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/lesotho/>Lesotho</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/liberia/>Liberia</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/libya/>Libya</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/liechtenstein/>Liechtenstein</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/lithuania/>Lithuania</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/luxembourg/>Luxembourg</option> <option data-always-display="true" class="nav__countries-index" disabled>M</option><option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/madagascar/>Madagascar</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/malawi/>Malawi</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/malaysia/>Malaysia</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/maldives/>Maldives</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/mali/>Mali</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/malta/>Malta</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/marshall-islands/>Marshall Islands</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/mauritania/>Mauritania</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/mauritius/>Mauritius</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/mexico/>Mexico</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/micronesia/>Micronesia</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/moldova/>Moldova</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/monaco/>Monaco</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/mongolia/>Mongolia</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/montenegro/>Montenegro</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/morocco/>Morocco</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/mozambique/>Mozambique</option> <option data-always-display="true" class="nav__countries-index" disabled>N</option><option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/namibia/>Namibia</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/nauru/>Nauru</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/nepal/>Nepal</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/netherlands/>Netherlands</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/new-zealand/>New Zealand</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/nicaragua/>Nicaragua</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/niger/>Niger</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/nigeria/>Nigeria</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/north-korea/>North Korea</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/north-macedonia/>North Macedonia</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/norway/>Norway</option> <option data-always-display="true" class="nav__countries-index" disabled>O</option><option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/oman/>Oman</option> <option data-always-display="true" class="nav__countries-index" disabled>P</option><option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/pakistan/>Pakistan</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/palau/>Palau</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/panama/>Panama</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/papua-new-guinea/>Papua New Guinea</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/paraguay/>Paraguay</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/peru/>Peru</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/philippines/>Philippines</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/poland/>Poland</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/portugal/>Portugal</option> <option data-always-display="true" class="nav__countries-index" disabled>Q</option><option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/qatar/>Qatar</option> <option data-always-display="true" class="nav__countries-index" disabled>R</option><option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/republic-of-the-congo/>Republic of the Congo</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/romania/>Romania</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/russia/>Russia</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/rwanda/>Rwanda</option> <option data-always-display="true" class="nav__countries-index" disabled>S</option><option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/saint-kitts-and-nevis/>Saint Kitts and Nevis</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/saint-lucia/>Saint Lucia</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines/>Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/samoa/>Samoa</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/san-marino/>San Marino</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/sao-tome-and-principe/>S茫o Tom茅 and Pr铆ncipe</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/saudi-arabia/>Saudi Arabia</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/senegal/>Senegal</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/serbia/>Serbia</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/seychelles/>Seychelles</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/sierra-leone/>Sierra Leone</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/singapore/>Singapore</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/slovakia/>Slovakia</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/slovenia/>Slovenia</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/solomon-islands/>Solomon Islands</option> <option value=https://2017-2021.state.gov/countries-areas/somalia/>Somalia</option> <option 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Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). [CDC Image - Photo Credit: Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM]" width="2560" height="1440"></div> </div> </div> </div> <p>To protect the American people, our home, and our way of life, the United States actively works to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats. Outbreaks of infectious disease do not respect national boundaries. Halting and treating diseases at their points of origin is one of the best and most economical ways of saving lives and protecting Americans. The U.S. National Security Strategy and U.S. National Biodefense Strategy prioritize U.S. efforts to build global health security capacity. The United States leads internationally, collaborating with countries to invest in basic health care systems and address infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, Ebola, Zika, and influenza.</p> <p>Two offices at the U.S. Department of State focus on mobilizing international efforts to prevent, detect, and respond to global health security threats wherever they begin.</p> <p><strong>Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy (OGAC):</strong></p> <p>OGAC leads and manages the implementation of the U.S. President鈥檚 Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Since its inception in 2003, PEPFAR has saved more than 17 million lives, prevented millions of new HIV infections, and accelerated progress toward controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic in more than 50 countries worldwide.</p> <p>PEPFAR鈥檚 investments also strengthen the systems that drive effective, efficient, and sustainable health care, better enabling countries to address swiftly other current and future health challenges and improving global health security. PEPFAR exemplifies what is possible through compassionate, cost-effectiveness, accountable, and transparent U.S. foreign assistance.<span style="font-weight: 400">聽</span><strong><a href="https://2017-2021.state.gov/pepfar/">Read more about PEPFAR</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Office of International Health and Biodefense (IHB):</strong></p> <p>IHB is responsible for advancing foreign policy on international health issues, with a focus on protecting the United States from infectious disease threats. 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