American Pandemic Preparedness: Transforming Our Capabilities

Abstract

This report from the White House outlines strategic goals for transforming the United States’ capabilities to respond effectively to future pandemics or biological threats. This report draws on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on goals across five main pillars: transforming medical defenses, ensuring situational awareness, strengthening public health systems, building core capabilities (which includes securing required equipment and personnel), and managing the mission. This plan outlines these primary goals as necessary elements of effective pandemic preparedness and response and aims to support the Administration’s biodefense and pandemic readiness strategy.