Later this month in a virtual constituent meeting, I’ll be speaking with Sens. Bob Casey and Pat Toomey and Reps. Mike Doyle and Conor Lamb to discuss the need for additional investments in global health security.

If the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that global health security is only as strong as its weakest link. As long as this crisis remains unchecked anywhere, covid-19 remains a serious threat everywhere. Safe, effective vaccines are key to ending the pandemic and reopening the global economy, but only if the most vulnerable, everywhere, have access to them. That’s why the U.S. must lead the global pandemic response and invest at least $20 billion in fighting covid-19 globally, including funding for proven health programs like the Global Fund and CEPI.

For years, Republicans and Democrats in Congress have supported global health programs like the Global Fund, which have saved millions of lives from preventable diseases. It’s imperative that these lawmakers who have supported global health efforts in the past once again support these critical programs now.

We’re all in this fight together. And Casey, Toomey, Doyle and Lamb can help bring a faster end to this pandemic by supporting $20 billion in global covid-19 response funding, which will be used to support proven global health programs and help defeat this global pandemic everywhere.

Brian Thomas

Bloomfield

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