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Towards a safer, healthier world.

Students for Health Security (SHS) is a student-led initiative inspired by global health shortfalls during the COVID-19 pandemic. With a focus on high-impact emerging diseases, we seek to inspire the next generation of global health leaders while advocating for people everywhere.

Since 2011, the world has experienced over 200 epidemics every year.

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That's a total of

2600
Outbreaks

6
Global health emergencies

27M
Excess deaths

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Crowded

In a world that is becoming more populated and interconnected by the hour, new diseases can spread faster than ever. 

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Simultaneously, the global health workforce has lost hundreds of thousands of workers and funding for public health has been slashed.

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COVID-19 will not be the last global health crisis of our generation. If we don't act now, it won't be our worst.

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