- CDC Overseas - Building Capacity to Save Lives
- PEPFAR - President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
- Safe Water System - Safe Water for the World
CDC is a leader in promoting public
health for all people, protecting the
United States and the world from health
threats, and working with global partners to realize the goal of “Healthy People in
a Healthy World—through Prevention.”
CDC works with partners to prevent and control infectious and chronic diseases; respond to international disasters; and build sustainable global public health capacity by training epidemiologists,
laboratory scientists, and public health managers.
Global Health Programs
Global AIDS
Prevention, Care & Treatment, Lab, Evaluation
Global Disease Detection
Preparedness, Investigation, Response
Polio
Vaccination, Eradication, Lab Networks, Partnerships
Malaria
Influenza
MeaslesMore Global Health Programs
- Border Infectious Disease Surveillance
- Border Activities, National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- Field Epidemiology Training Program and Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program
- Environmental Health
- Health Partnerships
- Migration and Quarantine
- Reproductive Health
- Road Safety
- Global Foodborne Infections Network (GFN)
- International Emerging Infections Program
US Global Health Initiative
Through the Global Health Initiative (GHI), the United States will invest $63 billion over six years to help partner countries improve health outcomes through strengthened health systems – with a particular focus on improving the health of women, newborns and children through programs including infectious disease, nutrition, maternal and child health, and safe water.
Global Health E-brief
CDC Global Health
e-brief highlights CDC's work around the world.
Fast Facts
- CDC has 280 full-time staff and another 1,500 locally employed staff assigned to 54 countries to help improve the health of people around the world.
- More than 40 CDC staff are assigned to share their expertise with international organizations, including WHO, the World Bank, the Red Cross, and others.
- CDC staff go on more than 6,000 temporary international assignments each year to respond to disease outbreaks or to build public health capacity.
Contact Us:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd
Atlanta, GA 30333 - 800-CDC-INFO
(800-232-4636)
TTY: (888) 232-6348
24 Hours/Every Day - cdcinfo@cdc.gov
