Even before West Africa's Ebola epidemic is considered to be under control, public health officials are looking ahead to the next health disaster.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers it an urgent matter to shore up the world's blind spots so officials can find and respond to a brewing infection before it becomes a crisis.
The Obama administration requested $600 million earlier this month to implement what it calls the Global Health Security Agenda.
The money will help fund an international coalition to help high-risk countries improve disease detection and guard against the next contagion.