Category: South America
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 >
Posted on by 1 CommentCategories Archive, global disease detection, global health security, health systems strengthening, infectious disease
September 29 is World Heart Day!
In honor of World Heart Day, the CDC Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention was asked to write commentary on the work the CDC is doing worldwide in reducing the morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular diseases. The theme of this year’s World Heart Day is one that touches everyone—the cardiovascular health of Read More >
Posted on byCategories Archive, cardiovascular disease, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), women's/maternal health