Category: Pakistan

CDC Continues the Fight Against Polio

In 1988, when CDC joined three other partners to launch the ambitious Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), the world was a much different and, measured by polio’s reach, dangerous place. Back then, polio existed in more than 125 countries and it paralyzed 350,000 children that year. Thanks to GPEI and the tireless work of its Read More >

December 2, 2016 by Rebecca Martin, PhD, Director, Center for Global Health

Archive, polio

Afghanistan, emergency operations, Global Polio Eradication Initiative, India, innovation, Nigeria, NSTOP, Pakistan, poliovirus transmission, surveillance

CDC Works with Partners Around the World to Combat Hepatitis

On July 28th, the United States joins countries around the globe to observe the third annual World Hepatitis Day. One of only eight health campaigns recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO), this health observance raises awareness of the silent yet growing epidemic of viral hepatitis worldwide. Each year, 1.4 million persons lose their life Read More >

July 25, 2013 by Dr. Francisco Averhoff, Associate Director for Global Health - Division of Viral Hepatitis; Dr. John Ward, Director, Division of Viral Hepatitis

Archive, child health, hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, immunization

Africa, Asia, Egypt, Laos, Pakistan, Vietnam