CDC protects lives and improves health around the world. This RSS feed highlights recent updates on the CDC website about CDC's activities around the world. http://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/ http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/images/cdclogo.jpg http://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/ 95 61 en-US imtech@cdc.gov (imtech) Health Public Health The winter issue is now available from the CDC Center for Global Health, Division of Public Health Systems and Workforce Development. This issue includes information about a response to a polio outbreak in Kenya, a pig rabies outbreak in Ghana, a new partnership between the President’s Malaria Initiative and CDC’s FETP, and more. http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622181 http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622181 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:15:00 EST CDC has launched a new website to highlight its many public health activities and partnerships in South Africa. http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622101 http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622101 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:30:00 EST Dr. Kevin De Cock, Director of the Center for Global Health at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), visited CDC’s Zambia office and meeting with CDC’s partners in Zambia from October 31 through November 2, 2011. http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622098 http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622098 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:07:00 EST Meet Lillian, an HIV-positive mother in Kenya whose baby Rose was protected from HIV and malaria by the work of CDC. http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622096 http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622096 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:00:00 EST The DPHSWD strategy is to work with partners to strengthen the global public health workforce, support public health systems, and achieve program sustainability through key strategies that emphasize applying public health science and practice and demonstrating measurable public health impact. This sixth annual report of DPHSWD provides a detailed picture of the division’s global health activities and its major accomplishments. http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622097 http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622097 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:00:00 EST The fall issue is now available from the CDC Center for Global Health, Division of Public Health Systems and Workforce Development. This issue includes information about a dengue outbreak in Yemen, CDC's partnerships with Peace Corps, geospatial mapping for public health professionals, and more. http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622094 http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622094 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:00:00 EST The new CDC DPHSWD website makes it easier to find information about CDC's efforts abroad to strengthen the global public health workforce, support public health systems, and achieve program sustainability. Includes info on Field and Applied Epidemiology Training Program (FETP), Sustainable Management Development Program (SMDP), Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR), Global Public Health Informatics Program (GPHIP), and more. http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622095 http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622095 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:00:00 EST Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease and stroke, cancer, diabetes, and chronic lung disease kill more people globally than infectious diseases. Worldwide, NCDs kill over 35 million people each year, representing nearly two-thirds of the world’s deaths. Learn more about what CDC and others are doing... http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622093 http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622093 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:00:00 EST CDC has launched a new Twitter feed to discuss global health topics. Follow the new Twitter feed @CDCGlobal. http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622092 http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622092 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:07:00 EST CDC has launched a new website to highlight its many public health activities and partnerships in Kenya. http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622090 http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622090 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:29:00 EST The Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit in Somalia (FSNAU)* announced on July 20th that a famine exists in two areas of southern Somalia and is expected to spread across the southern zone of the country over the next 1-2 months. CDC assisted in the declaration of famine by reviewing and verifying data from 11 surveys of the affected population. http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622088 http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622088 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:20:00 EST Since the 1980s, the Chinese government and the U.S. CDC have collaborated on public health priorities that affect China, the U.S., and the global community. Check out this fact sheet to learn more about CDC's work in China on HIV/AIDS, disease detection, influenza, noncommunicable diseases, and immunization. http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622091 http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622091 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:00:00 EST The new CDC GDDER website makes it easier to find information about CDC's global disease detection and emergency response activities. Topic areas include disease detection, emergency refugee health, emergency operations, health security, and health systems reconstruction. http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622089 http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622089 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:25:00 EST The summer issue is now available from the CDC Center for Global Health, Division of Public Health Systems and Workforce Development. This issue includes information about an investigation of a measles outbreak in China, an investigation of a herpes B encephalitis outbreak in Ghana, public health surveillance training in Abu Dhabi, a new library of resources from TEPHINET and DPHSWD, and more. http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622087 http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622087 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:00:00 EST The Global Public Health Informatics Program, Division of Public Health Systems and Workforce Development at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in partnership with Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII) and Public Health Informatics 2011 Conference Organizing Committee invite you to join them for global health activities at Public Health Informatics 2011 Conference. This provides a great opportunity for global health professionals to exchange ideas and share information about global health information-related challenges and needs, and innovative solutions. http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622086 http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622086 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:50:00 EST Two new external videos spotlighting CDC's nodding disease efforts have been added to the CDC Global Health Videos page: 1) CNN: Nodding Disease in East Africa, 2) Global Health Frontline News: Nodding Disease baffles experts http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622085 http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622085 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:09:00 EST Expansion of global folic acid fortification efforts can have a significant impact on infant mortality and childhood morbidity worldwide. CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) has developed the Global Initiative to Eliminate Folic Acid-Preventable Neural Tube Defects (GIENTD) to significantly reduce infant mortality and childhood morbidity resulting from the more than 300,000 neural tube defect-affected pregnancies worldwide each year. This summary provides details about CDC's global folic acid efforts. http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622083 http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622083 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:53:00 EST Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are a group of parasitic and bacterial diseases that cause substantial illness for more than one billion people globally. Affecting the world's poorest people, NTDs impair physical and cognitive development, contribute to mother and child illness and death, make it difficult to farm or earn a living, and limit productivity in the workplace. As a result, NTDs trap the poor in a cycle of poverty and disease. This new website provides details about NTDs and the steps CDC is taking to reduce the illness, disability, and death they cause. http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622084 http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622084 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:59:00 EST Two new questions answered: Is there a resurgence of cholera in Haiti? What prevention steps should people in Haiti take now? http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622082 http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622082 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:45:00 EST You can now watch videos of CDC's work in the field around the world. Learn about CDC's response to the earthquake in Haiti, meningitis in Burkina Faso, zoonotic diseases in Guatemala, and more. These videos are also available on YouTube and can be embedded in presentations and other websites. http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622081 http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622081 Tue, 03 May 2011 08:48:00 EST Visit this new page to learn about CDC's global support for more than 30 programs and public health concerns, including TB, HIV/AIDS, border activities, malaria, global health security, immunization, polio, water safety, reproductive health, training, and more. Includes 24 new fact sheets. http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622078 http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622078 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:51:00 EST The spring issue is now available from the CDC Center for Global Health, Division of Public Health Systems and Workforce Development. This issue includes information about the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Team, Global Public Health Informatics Program, an outbreak in Yemen, road traffic injuries in the Republic of Georgia, CDC-Morocco partnerships, the Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, and more. http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622079 http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622079 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:30:00 EST CDC now provides free email notifications about recent changes to its Global Health website and about its public health efforts around the world. http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622080 http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?af=h&f=8622080 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:30:00 EST