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    The Who, How, and Why of DGMQ

    Learn about DGMQ’s important work of keeping people healthy when they’re on the move.

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    Our mission is to reduce morbidity and mortality among immigrants, refugees, travelers, expatriates, and other globally mobile populations, and to prevent the introduction, transmission, and spread of communicable diseases through regulation, science, research, preparedness, and response.

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    Page last reviewed: November 1, 2019
    Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ)
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