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Updates from the Field: Fall 2018, Issue 27
Global Health Protection in Action
Giving an infant an oral vaccination in Nigeria.
Connection and Collaboration
The Division of Global Health Protection works to protect Americans and people worldwide from public health threats by working with partners to build capacity, advance research, and respond in times of crisis. In this issue, learn how we connect and collaborate to bring together the people and capabilities needed for protection. To print this issue, please use Updates from the Field Issue 27 – Print Version [13.9MB, 28 Pages].
Now is the time for us to come together to look at what we can offer the global community, for there are no greater investments than those which will protect our physical, social, and economic wellbeing.
CAPT Nancy Knight, MD
Director, Division of Global Health Protection
Read more global health stories that highlight our work:
Children playing during NTD activities in Nigeria.
Photo: Patrick Adams, RTI International.
Students from Atu Government School in Calabar, Nigeria, receive medicines for NTDs during a mass drug administration.
Photo: Ruth McDowall, RTI International.