At a glance
Disease outbreaks can spread quickly across the world, resulting in deaths, illness, and economic turmoil. In response to these challenges, CDC’s Division of Global Health Protection (DGHP) is strengthening health systems and helping countries prepare for public health emergencies to create a safer world and safer America.
Our mission
Mission
Our mission is to protect Americans from global health threats by strengthening public health systems around the world.
Vision
We envision a world where countries are prepared to stop public health threats before they spread.
Goals
At DGHP, we are committed to strengthening global health security, as outlined in our priority programmatic goals.
Our priority programmatic goals aim to:
- Increase the speed of outbreak detection and response for diseases that threaten global health security.
- Support regional and country public health institutions to lead preparedness and response efforts.
- Strengthen coordination between public health systems, clinical care, and communities for effective preparedness, response, and recovery.
- Establish new and strengthen existing partnerships that increase the reach and effectiveness of response to public health threats.
- Cultivate a people-first, innovative, mission-centered organizational culture that empowers staff to thrive.
How we do it
Director
Dr. Baggett is Acting Director for the Division of Global Health Protection. In this position, he leads CDC's global work to strengthen health systems, build outbreak response capacity, and meet international standards for global health security.
