Galvani Alison P, Fitzpatrick Meagan C, Vermund Sten H, Singer Burton H
Center for Infectious Disease Modeling and Analysis, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
Science. 2017 Jun 9;356(6342):1018-1019. doi: 10.1126/science.aan4683.
The Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) equips low and middle income countries with the expertise to contain epidemics at their source, concomitantly minimizing risk of spread to the U.S. Considering the comparative cost of a public health emergency response, such as Congressional appropriations during the Ebola outbreak, the Fogarty budget is overwhelmingly cost-effective. Nonetheless, the White House has proposed abolishing this crucial program. Support of the Fogarty Center should be a priority for the current Administration to secure the health of the American people.
美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）的福格蒂国际中心为低收入和中等收入国家提供从源头上控制疫情的专业知识，同时将传播到美国的风险降至最低。考虑到公共卫生应急响应的相对成本，比如埃博拉疫情期间的国会拨款，福格蒂中心的预算具有极高的成本效益。尽管如此，白宫仍提议废除这一关键项目。支持福格蒂中心应是本届政府保障美国人民健康的首要任务。
