The reason why we work globally is to stop
outbreaks where they start and that is the
importance for the world but also to protect
the United States borders.
You have people moving from the rural areas
into urban areas and that's causing shifts
in the ecology, shifts in the environment
and all of those are causing a sort of perfect
environment for the development of new emerging
infectious diseases.
Global Health Security is very important,
not just for the countries that are affected
by diseases like Ebola, but also countries
that are high income countries and do not
see these kind of infectious diseases.
There are threats out that there, that's one
of the reasons why we're here.
We can detect those threats before they become
a big problem.
By stopping those outbreaks at the source,
we're protecting the American public.
It is about stopping diseases before they
come to our shores.
