State Department Plan Would Reduce CDC's Role in Global Disease Surveillance Programs

The new plan, proposed by the State Department, aims to overhaul the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's work on a landmark global H.I.V. program that also helps countries manage surveillance for emerging diseases, strengthen laboratory networks and support childhood immunizations.

Even as the world is racing to contain the deadly Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Trump administration is moving ahead with a plan that could decimate support for programs that detect and snuff out exactly such outbreaks.

The State Department is taking over much of the control of global health initiatives, for which critics say the department does not have the expertise.