200 journal of law, medicine & ethics The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 50 (2022): 200-203. © 2022 The Author(s) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2022.26 About This Column Lawrence O. Gostin and Benjamin Mason Meier serve as the section editors for Global Health Law. Professor Gostin is University Professor at Georgetown University and the Founding Linda D. & Timothy J. O’Neill Professor of Global Health Law at Georgetown University Law Center and Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on National and Global Health Law. Professor Meier is a Professor of Global Health Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Scholar at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law.This column will feature timely analyses and perspectives on law, policy, and justice in global health. KEYWORD 1, KEY- WORD 2, KEYWORD 3, KEYWORD 4, KEYWORD 5 Abstract untur. Ut hil mo conse modipsam, omnimol enimag- natio ea dis ipsapiciet alis dolu Libus inciunt reic tesciditiunt alitas volore, nosIhici Estius exera corerit quos miliquiatus unt, sequis ium faceaquae. Giae porersped quae dolor ma. Advancing Legal Preparedness through the Global Health Security Agenda Ana Ayala, J.D., L.L.M., is a Senior Global Health Ofcer in the Ofce of Pandem- ics and Emerging Threats, Ofce of Global Afairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, DC, USA. Adam Brush, M.S.W., M.P.H., is the Lead for Budget, Policy, and Legislative Analysis in the Center for Global Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, at Atlanta, GA, USA. Shuen Chai, M.P.H., is Senior Advisor and Team Lead for Global Health Security in the Ofce of Pandemics and Emerg- ing Threats in the Ofce of Global Afairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services at Washington, DC, USA. Jose Fernandez, Ph.D., is the Deputy Director in the Ofce of Pandemics and Emerging Threats in the Ofce of Global Afairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in Washington, DC, USA. Katherine Ginsbach, J.D., M.S., is an Associate at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law in Washington, DC, USA. Katie Gottschalk, J.D., L.L.M., is the Execu- tive Director at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law in Wash- ington, DC, USA. Sam Halabi, J.D., M.Phil., is a Senior Associate Vice-President for Health Policy and Ethics at Colorado State University and Professor at Colorado School of Public Health and Senior Scholar at the O’Neill Institution for National and Global Health Law in Fort Collins, CO, USA. Divya Hosangadi, M.S.P.H., is a Consultant in the Ofce of Pandemics and Emerging Threats, Ofce of Global Afairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, DC, USA. Dawn Mapatano, M.P.H., is a Global Health Ofcer in the Ofce of Pandem- ics and Emerging Threats, Ofce of Global Afairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, DC, USA. John Monahan, J.D., is a Professor and Senior Advisor to the University President, Georgetown University and Senior Scholar at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law in Washington, DC, USA. Carla Moretti, M.A., is the National Director of International Afairs at the Ministry of Health of Argentina in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mara Pillinger, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.Sc., is a Senior Associate at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, in Washington, DC, USA. Gabriela Silvana Ramirez, B.A., is a Health Policy Advisor at the Ministry of Health of Argentina in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Emily Rosenfeld, J.D., M.P.H., is a Public Health Analyst within the Budget, Policy, and Legislative Analysis Team in the Center for Global Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in Atlanta, GA, USA. Global Health Law Ana Ayala, Adam Brush, Shuen Chai, Jose Fernandez, Katherine Ginsbach, Katie Gottschalk, Sam Halabi, Divya Hosangadi, Dawn Mapatano, John Monahan, Carla Moretti, Mara Pillinger, Gabriela Silvana Ramirez, and Emily Rosenfeld The Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) is one of the most impor- tant global platforms in galvaniz- ing stakeholders around the world to strengthen countries’ capacities to prevent, prepare for, detect, and respond to global health emergen- cies today. 1 With the backdrop of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, the 2012 MERS-CoV outbreak, and the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the launch of GHSA in February 2014 tightened the relationship between global health law (specifically, the International Health Regulations [IHR] [2005]) and country-level capacity building and implementa- tion for greater health security. 2 Yet until 2021, none of GHSA’s “Action Packages” (the groups driving GHSA’s technical work) had explicitly focused on the role of law in strengthening global health security. This column introduces GHSA’s newest Action Keywords: Global Health Secu- rity Agenda, Legal Preparedness, Legal Infrastructure, Legal Map- ping, Public Health Law Abstract: The Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) is a multilateral, multisectoral part- nership comprised of more than 70 countries, international organizations, foundations, and businesses to strengthen global health security.