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Getting to the Heart of the Matter in Latin America and the Caribbean

A blood pressure screening in Barbados raises awareness of hypertension and cardiovascular disease.

“I don’t get migraines, I don’t get dizzy spells any longer,” explains Ms. Williams, a patient at a polyclinic on the Caribbean island nation of Barbados. “It is working for me where I have no problems now with high blood pressure. Yes, I’m hypertensive, but I’m controlled.” Ms. Williams was enrolled as a patient in Read More >

September 27, 2018 by Bethany Hall, Scientific Health Communications Fellow

global disease detection, World Heart Day

Continuing the Fight Against Zika

Zika virus continues to spread in many countries and territories around the globe. Because there is no vaccine or medicine for Zika, the virus and its associated health outcomes will remain a significant and enduring public health challenge. The Danger from Zika Although many people infected with Zika experience mild or no symptoms, infection during Read More >

February 28, 2018 by Olga L. Henao, MPH, PhD, Epidemiologist2 Comments

global disease detection

birth defects, CDC GDD, global disease detection, Zika, zika virus

Tick, tock, tick tock—While others sleep, what are CDC experts doing to keep America safe?

Children wait for a bus on a street in downtown Mysore, India. The CDC is carrying out a range of programs in India to ensure a healthy and safe future for kids like these. (Photo Courtesy: David Snyder CDC Foundation)

As the clock ticks and people sleep peacefully, public health experts from CDC’s Division of Global Health Protection (DGHP) in collaboration with subject matter experts across CDC both in Atlanta and around the world are working 24/7 to support the agency’s mission to protect the health and safety of Americans and save lives. Keeping Read More >

March 27, 2017 by Kashef Ijaz, MD, MPH - Director (Acting) Division of Global Health ProtectionLeave a comment

Emergency Response and Recovery, global disease detection, global health security, health systems strengthening

Updates from the Field

On Global Health and Being “Prepared”

What does it mean to be “prepared?” And, more to the point, what does it mean for working in global health? For some, being “prepared” means setting aside cash for emergencies and keeping their insurance up-to-date. For others, it means a plan of action or even a fresh supply of duct tape, a list of Read More >

August 31, 2016 by Rebecca Martin, PhD, Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Center for Global Health1 Comment

global disease detection, global health security, immunization, infectious disease

DA Henderson, measles, Preparedness, smallpox

People. Pathogens. Protection.

Solving challenges to save people The biggest challenges are always the unknowns–the things we can’t predict, which seem to come out of nowhere and command our attention. I was called to Vietnam in 2003 when SARS struck. Of course, we didn’t yet call it SARS. It didn’t have a name then. All I knew was Read More >

December 15, 2015 by Joel Montgomery, PhDLeave a comment

global disease detection, global health security

Working collaboratively to support Ebola response efforts in Sierra Leone

CDC’s FETP partnerships with African nations continue to be leveraged beyond their national borders and for new and unexpected health threats. Dr. Bao-Ping’s blog posted originally on March 31 is being highlighted again as a reminder of how FETPs support global as well as individual nation’s health security. In late November 2014, during the peak Read More >

June 15, 2015 by Bao-Ping Zhu, MD, PhD, MS, CDC Epidemiologist and Uganda FETP Resident Advisor1 Comment

Ebola, Emergency Response and Recovery, global disease detection

2014-2015 Ebola Outbreak, disease detectives, Ebola response, FETP, Sierra Leone, West Africa

CDC Director: Why I don’t support a travel ban to combat Ebola outbreak

This blog was originally posted on Fox News on October 9, 2014. The first case of Ebola diagnosed in the United States has caused some to call on the United States to ban travel for anyone from the countries in West Africa facing the worst of the Ebola epidemic. That response is understandable. Read More >

October 13, 2014 by Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of CDC20 Comments

Ebola, global disease detection, global health security, infectious disease

Ebola, outbreak, travel restrictions, West Africa

The High Stakes in Fighting Ebola: Leave One Burning Ember and the Epidemic Could Re-Ignite

A banner encouraging people suffering from Ebola to go immediately to a health center for treatment is seen on a sidewalk in the city of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. While the Ebola virus outbreak has now reached four countries, Liberia and Sierra Leone account for more than 60 percent of the deaths, according to the World Health Organization. The outbreak that emerged in March has claimed at least 932 lives. (AP Photo/Michael Duff)

This blog was originally posted on the Huffington Post on August 7, 2014. CDC and our partners are currently fighting the biggest and most complex outbreak of Ebola virus disease ever recorded. There are hundreds of cases in West Africa and now a new cluster of cases in Nigeria is very concerning. The Read More >

August 11, 2014 by Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of CDC3 Comments

Ebola, global disease detection, global health security, health systems strengthening, infectious disease

2014 Ebola Outbreak, global partnerships, West Africa

World Cup serving as real-world test for new disease detection technology

With the World Cup underway in all its frenzied glory, you can be forgiven for missing another major effort currently underway in Brazil that represents the first large scale, real-life, real-world test of important new technology. And no, it’s not the goal-line technology that’s being used for the first time at soccer’s biggest Read More >

July 8, 2014 by Ilanit Kateb, MBA, Public Health Advisor, CDC Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) Branch1 Comment

global disease detection, global health security, health systems strengthening, infectious disease

Brazil, FETP, Latin America, South America, World Cup

The Value of CDC’s Work in Thailand

When I became country director in 2013 the relationships between Thailand’s public health officials and CDC were already strong and well established. That wasn’t surprising. CDC’s collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health, after all, began 30 years ago and the partnership has been prospering – and expanding – ever since. And there is Read More >

November 26, 2013 by Mitch Wolfe, MD MPH, Director, CDC-ThailandLeave a comment

global disease detection, global health security, health systems strengthening, HIV/AIDS, infectious disease, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), refugee health, tuberculosis (TB), violence and injury

Asia, Southeast Asia, Thailand

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