Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-10-2022
DOI
10.1001/jama.2022.10542
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic thrust the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) into the epicenter of the national response. DGMQ is charged with preventing the importation of infectious diseases at land and sea borders and the spread of those diseases within the US. For more than 50 years, the agency’s comprehensive quarantine system, its regulatory powers, and scientific guidance has placed DGMQ at the forefront of emergency response. CDC requested the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) to assess the performance of the DGMQ during the COVID-19 pandemic, covering 5 key areas: Organizational capacity and financing, disease control, technologies and data systems, collaboration in a federalist system, and Legal Authorities, Powers, and Limits.
Publication Citation
The Journal of the American Medical Association, published online first, June 10, 2022.
Scholarly Commons Citation
Gostin, Lawrence O.; Benjamin, Georges C.; and Worku, Tequam, "The Federal Global Migration and Quarantine Network: A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine" (2022). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 2459.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/2459