Broad Goals

While CDC's programs are working on a variety of priorities within these Winnable Battle areas, including ensuring high quality data, supporting population health approaches, and working toward measurable progress, the following provides a snapshot of select Winnable Battle goals.

Food Safety Goals:

Improve knowledge of incidence, trends, burden, and causes of foodborne illness

Learn More:

• Vital Signs – Making Food Safer to Eat
• Estimates of Foodborne Illness in the U.S.
• Trends in Foodborne Illness
• Foodborne Illness Q&A
• Food Safety at CDC
• Learning Connection: Food Safety

Improve state and federal epidemiologic, laboratory and environmental health capacity to quickly detect and respond to foodborne outbreaks

Learn More:

• PulseNet
• Foodborne Illness Surveillance Systems
• Foodborne Outbreak Online Database
• Environmental Health Specialists Network
• CDC and the Food Safety Modernization Act

Decrease the rate of foodborne illness and the number of foodborne outbreaks each year

Learn More:

• FoodNet
• OutbreakNet
• Multistate Foodborne Outbreaks
• How Are Foodborne Outbreaks Investigated
• Foodborne Illness A-Z
• Prevention and Education

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Healthcare-Associated Infections Prevention Goals:

Improve adherence to infection prevention guidelines

Learn More:

• Infection Prevention Guidelines

Improve national surveillance

Learn More:

• Monitoring Healthcare-Associated Infections
• National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) website

Improve capacity at state and local health departments

Learn More:

• State-based HAI Prevention Activities
• Healthcare-Associated Infections Recovery Act

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HIV Prevention Goals:

• Implement and support the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
• Reduce the number of new HIV infections in the United States
• Implement comprehensive Prevention with Positives and ensure linkage to continuity of care
• Implement prevention with high-risk negatives
• Improve data monitoring and dissemination
• Reduce HIV-related disparities

For more information about the HIV Winnable Battle, please visit: www.cdc.gov/hiv.

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Motor Vehicle Injury Prevention Goals:

• Every state, territory and tribal area in the United States has evidence-based public health programs and policies in place to prevent motor vehicle-related injuries and deaths
• Every person in every seating position is buckled up on every trip
• Every driver has a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) below the illegal limit on every trip
• All teen drivers are covered by comprehensive graduated driver license (GDL) systems and parental monitoring is ensured

For more information about the Motor Vehicle Winnable Battle, please visit www.cdc.gov/Motorvehiclesafety.

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Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Goals:

• Provide technical assistance and evaluate the effect of nutrition standards for foods marketed to children
• Reduce sodium levels in processed and restaurant foods
• Reduce trans fat in the food supply
• Research and evaluate the effect of front-of-package labeling
• Increase the number of people who meet the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans

For more information about the Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Winnable Battle, please visit www.cdc.gov/obesity/ and www.cdc.gov/salt.  

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Teen Pregnancy Prevention Goals:

• Decrease pregnancies among adolescent females
• Delay initiation of sexual activity among teens
• Increase use of contraception, particularly long-acting, reversible methods, among sexually active teens

For more information about the Teen Pregnancy Winnable Battle, please visit www.cdc.gov/teenpregnancy.

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Tobacco Use Prevention Goals:

• Track tobacco use and prevention policies
• Use media to highlight the dangers of tobacco
• Reduce exposure to secondhand smoke
• Provide effective cessation services
• Restrict tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship

For more information about the Tobacco Winnable Battle, please visit www.cdc.gov/tobacco.

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How Is Your State Doing?

For data on how your state is doing in each of the Winnable Battle areas and beyond, please visit the Sortable Stats database. 

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