Opinion: Three urgent priorities for the National Security Council to strengthen global health security and biodefense

In a planned transition, Beth Cameron, the Biden administration’s top official for global health security and biodefense, leaves her post at the White House National Security Council this month. After more than a decade spearheading biosecurity and pandemic preparedness, she will be replaced by U.S. global malaria coordinator Raj Panjabi — a primary care physician who has been a stalwart advocate for community-based health care programs as the former CEO of Last Mile Health.
Panjabi’s appointment could signal a potential shift in U.S. health security policy. Read the rest…