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>> DGMQ, as part of CDC, is here to worry
about the global threats so you don't have to.
Every day, we work to anticipate what's out there in the world
and keep it from coming to our communities
so that you can be safe.
>> The Division of Global Migration and Quarantine,
or DGMQ, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
is responsible for safeguarding the health of Americans
by preventing the introduction, transmission,
and interstate spread of communicable diseases
into the United States.
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>> Quarantine and Border Health Services is responsible
for monitoring day-to-day the threats that are associated
with the movement of people, animals, and things.
They're on the ready, they train up in advance of any emergency,
and the day-to-day types of calls,
like illness responses among people who get sick in travel,
our goal is to prevent the importation
and inner state spread of communicable diseases
of public health significance.
The Immigrant, Refugee,
and Migrant Health team is responsible
for assuring the health of those populations that are coming
into the United States in such a way
that they don't represent the introduction or threat
of disease to our own communities.
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The Travelers Health focuses on the U.S. population
that travels internationally, and the U.S. population
that lives permanently around the world.
The idea is that a safe
and healthy traveler doesn't bring diseases home
to our community.
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Our goal with the US-Mexico Unit is to make sure
that both countries at the federal,
state and local level are prepared to detect and prevent
and respond to disease threats.
As our closest neighbor and the largest population
of foreign-born people living in the United States, it's critical
that we understand the health of these communities
and the movements back and forth.
The Community Intervention for Infection Control Unit focuses
on something we call non-pharmaceutical
interventions.
What do we do when we have outbreaks of diseases
for which there isn't a medical treatment or preventive vaccine?
What types of traditional public health measures can be used
to mitigate the threat of diseases spreading?
DGMQ has many accomplishments.
I like to think of them in sort of two categories;
accomplishments for things
that are big headline-grabbing epidemics,
like pandemic influenza, Ebola, Zika.
These are well-known to many people.
But on a day-to-day basis, there are many accomplishments.
We need to anticipate the threats of tomorrow,
prepare for them, innovate, employ new technologies
to stay ahead of the microbes.
Protecting our health
and citizens locally has a global good.
Being able to prevent, detect and respond swiftly
to emerging diseases anywhere in the world is an imperative
to keep our own population safe.
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