Global Disease Detection: Partners

The Global Disease Detection (GDD) program collaborates closely with other Centers and programs at CDC to accomplish its mission. This collaboration allows GDD to draw upon expertise from across the agency.  GDD also works closely with a variety of in-country partners including Ministries of Health, academic institutions, other U.S. government programs, and international and non-government organizations. These partners contribute funding, expertise, and other resources towards GDD projects and goals. These partners include:

GDD Regional Centers

China

Ministry of Health
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC)
World Health Organization (WHO) Representative Office in China

Egypt

U.S. Naval Medical Unit No.3 (NAMRU-3) Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt
Ministries of Health
WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office
Ford Foundation
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
U.S. Department of State (DOS)
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)/ Global Emerging Infectious Disease Surveillance (DOD/
GEIS)

Guatemala

The Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Center for Health Studies
Ministries of Health
Pan American Health Organization
USAID

India

Ministry of Health
India National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)

Kenya

Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation
Ministry of Medical Service
WHO Regional Office for Africa

South Africa

National Department of Health
The National Health Laboratory Service

Thailand

Ministry of Public Health
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives

Thai National Institutes of Health

WHO South-East Asia Regional Office
WHO Western-Pacific Regional Office

Kazakhstan (Regional Center Under Development)

DOD/GEIS
Ministry of Health of Kyrgyz Republic
Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tajikistan
Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkmenistan
Ministry of Public Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Ministry of Public Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan
World Bank
Asian Development Bank
WHO Regional Office for Europe
USAID

United States Government Agencies

Center for Strategic and International Studies
USAID
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Defense / Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DOD/DTRA)
U.S. Department of Defense / Global Emerging Infectious Disease Surveillance (DOD/
GEIS)

Universities

Emory University
George Washington University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health

Non-Government

Association of Public Health Laboratories
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Global Viral Forecasting Initiative
Infectious Disease Society of America
Stimson Center
World Health Organization