Public Health Grand Rounds
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The Public Health Grand Rounds is a monthly webcast created to foster discussion on major public health issues. Each session focuses on key challenges related to a specific health topic, and explores cutting-edge scientific evidence and potential impact of different interventions. The Grand Rounds sessions also highlight how CDC and its partners are already addressing these challenges and discuss the recommendations for future research and practice.
Grand Rounds
Next Presentation: February 21 -
Preventing 1 Million Heart Attacks and Strokes by 2017: the Million Hearts Initiative
Heart disease and stroke are, respectively, the first and fourth leading causes of death in the United States. Cardiovascular disease alone is responsible for 1 of every 3 deaths in the U.S. and costs the nation $444 billion per year in health care expenses and lost economic productivity. Full Text
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Grand Rounds Archived Topics at a Glance
- Child Maltreatment: Creating a Healthier Future Through Prevention
- Childhood Obesity Epidemic: Threats and Opportunities
- Chlamydia Prevention: Challenges and Strategies for Reducing Disease Burden
- Electronic Health Records: What′s in it for Everyone?
- Folic Acid: Folic Acid in the Prevention of Birth Defects
- Foodborne Diseases: Better Prevention with Better Public Health Information
- Global Child Survival: Strategies for Improving Global Child Survival
- H1N1: Why H1N1 Still Matters
- HAIs (Healthcare Associated Infections): Eliminating HAIs: A Primer
- HIV Prevention: Targeted Paths to HIV Prevention
- Lyme Disease: Challenges and Innovations
- Malaria Eradication: Back to the Future
- Motor Vehicle Safety: Getting to Zero Traffic-related Deaths
- Newborn Screening: Improving Outcomes
- Nanotechnology: Preventing Adverse Health Effects from Nanotechnology
- Nuclear Disaster Preparedness: Radiological and Nuclear Disaster Preparedness
- Polio Eradication: in India
- Prescription Drug Overdoses: An American Epidemic
- Rabies Elimination: Rabies Elimination in the 21st Century?
- Reducing Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in the U.S.
- Sodium Reduction: Time for Choice
- TB & HIV: A Deadly Duo
- Tobacco Regulation: The Public Health Impact of Tobacco Product and Advertising Regulation
- Vitamin D: The Importance of Monitoring Vitamin D Status in the U.S.
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