Category: child health
Protect Your World – Get Vaccinated: World Immunization Week 2013
Every 20 seconds, a child dies from a disease that could be prevented with a safe and effective vaccine. Millions more children survive but are left severely disabled. Vaccines have the power not only to save but also transform lives by protecting against disease—giving children a chance to grow up healthy, go to school, and Read More >
Posted on by 3 CommentsFrom Clifton Road to Africa
About the authors: Fabien Diomandé, MD, MSc, medical epidemiologist, is stationed in Burkina Faso to work with the WHO Africa Bureau and local health authorities and Ryan Novak, PhD, epidemiologist, is based in Atlanta and supports meningitis activities in Africa. In Africa, more than 90 percent of meningitis cases during epidemics are caused by Neisseria meningitidis Read More >
Posted on by 1 CommentFresh Voices From the Field—Reaching for Zero Malaria Deaths: a Story From Uganda
This is the second in our ongoing “Fresh Voices From the Field” series, where we hear from ASPPH (Association of School and Programs of Public Health) Global Health Fellows working throughout the world. Global Health Fellows are recent Master of Public Health or Doctoral graduates placed in CDC global health offices in Atlanta and Read More >
Posted on by 3 CommentsSafe Water Saves Lives: World Water Day 2013
What if we lost 32 school buses full of children today? That’s 2,195 children—the number who die daily of diarrhea around the world. That’s more than die from AIDS, malaria, and measles combined. As World Water Day approaches on March 22, we should consider water’s role in those deaths—and what we can do to Read More >
Posted on byChildren Need to Know Their HIV Status Too!
We at the CDC-South Africa office are proud to be associated with the recent release of South Africa’s first national guidelines on counseling and testing children for HIV. Developed by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) of South Africa with support from CDC-South Africa and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, this toolkit fills a Read More >
Posted on by 1 CommentFresh Voices From the Field: Ongoing Efforts to Improve HIV/AIDS Treatment and Prevention in Nigeria
This is the first in our ongoing “Fresh Voices From the Field” series, where we hear from ASPPH (Association of School and Programs of Public Health) Global Health Fellows working throughout the world. Global Health Fellows are recent Master of Public Health or Doctoral graduates placed in CDC global health offices in Atlanta and abroad. Read More >
Posted on by 2 CommentsIncredible Gains in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS
As we usher in the New Year, I am struck by the incredible gains made – especially in the last 12-24 months – in the fight against HIV/AIDS and the key role the United States has played. The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), under the leadership of the Office of the Global AIDS Read More >
Posted on byChina – Ten Years of Public Health Accomplishments – What a World of Difference a Decade Makes
For more than 30 years, the US CDC has worked with China on public health issues that have benefited people of all nations. Together our nations proved the benefits of folic acid which saved children around the world from birth defects. We are exploring novel approaches to HIV prevention, testing and treatment. We are researching risk factors Read More >
Posted on byAccelerating Up the Hill: Maintaining Malaria Progress
Twenty-five years ago, I went to western Kenya as a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officer to study an outbreak of severe anemia. No one was sure of the cause. Was it parvovirus, or exposure to an environmental toxin, perhaps? In the hospital there were five or six sick Read More >
Posted on by20th Anniversary of the CDC Sustainable Management Development Program
Season’s Greetings! As we come to the close of 2012 and embrace 2013, I wanted to reach out and let you know that CDC has reached an important milestone in training global health leaders. We’re celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Sustainable Management Development Program (SMDP) — a program that CDC developed in 1992 to Read More >
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