Category: polio
Polio Eradication, Microplanning and GIS
Geospatial data have been used in public health since John Snow mapped cholera cases around the Broad Street water pump during the London cholera epidemic of 1854. And, while global positioning system technologies (GPS) are so ubiquitous in the United States that virtually all new smartphones, tablets and cars have this technology embedded, in many Read More >
Posted on by 5 CommentsHow Nigeria Is Helping Stop Polio for Good
This blog was originally posted in the Huffington Post on January 2, 2014. There are three places in the world where wild poliovirus has never stopped killing and disabling children: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria. As with other health threats, polio doesn’t stay neatly within a country’s borders. In the case of Nigeria, polio Read More >
Posted on by 1 CommentEvery Last Child: Reflections on World Polio Day in Nigeria
October 24th is World Polio Day, a global health observance for the global polio eradication community to renew its promise of a polio-free world to future generations. World Polio Day is held on the birthday of Dr. Jonas Salk, the man who led the first team to develop a vaccine against polio. The development of Read More >
Posted on by 4 CommentsCDC and Rotarians Celebrate Partnership and the Promise of Polio Eradication
As part of World Immunization Week activities, April 20 – 26 2013, more than 75 members of Rotary International from Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina visited CDC’s Roybal Campus on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 to celebrate Polio Day. I had the privilege of accompanying a group of Rotarians as they toured the CDC Museum, polio Read More >
Posted on by 2 CommentsProtect 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 CommentsChina – 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 byPutting Nomadic Pastoralists on the Map
The CDC “Nomads Project” was piloted in northern Nigeria in 2011 and brought to scale in 2012 through funding from USAID. The concept is now being piloted by CDC-Kenya in collaboration with CDC’s Global Immunization Division. In addition to bilateral government and NGO partners in Kenya and Nigeria, CDC collaborates with colleagues from WHO, Read More >
Posted on byOur New Blog Kicks Off for World Immunization Week 2012!
Dr. Kevin De Cock is Director of the CDC Center for Global Health (CGH). Many voices join in the inspirational stories of global health. Today we begin sharing these stories through a new blog we call “Our Global Voices.” Check in often to hear and share in global health stories from around the world. We Read More >
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