CDC Around the World: Global Health Security

CDC Around the World: Global Health Security

IN THIS MESSAGE:	PHOTO OF THE WEEK Today, representatives from 44 countries and several international organizations are gathered in Washington, D.C. to work toward commitments to global health security. View full-sized photo
Spotlighted Topic of the Week: Global Health Security
CDC Ebola Updates
In the News
On the Calendar

Spotlighted Topic of the Week: Global Health Security

Blog of the Week

EBOLA REQUIRES THE WORLD’S UNITED ACTION The nations of the world, along with key international organizations, gather at the White House today to advance a Global Health Security Agenda that will help keep the world safe from infectious disease threats. This meeting is a critical opportunity to increase international commitment and, more importantly, action to stop the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and the infectious disease threats to come…read blog

Infographic of the Week
PREVENT, DETECT, RESPOND: COMMITMENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE View full-sized infographic

Video of the Week
PRESIDENT OBAMA SPEAKS AT THE GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY AGENDA SUMMIT(from White House) President Obama spoke on Friday, September 26, to representatives attending the Global Health Security Agenda Summit, hosted by the White House…watch video

Story of the Week

GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY AGENDA: GETTING AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON EPIDEMIC THREATS The Ebola epidemic in West Africa highlights the urgency for immediate action to establish global capacity to prevent, detect and rapidly respond to biological threats like Ebola.  Beginning in his 2011 speech at the United Nations General Assembly, the President has called upon all countries to work together to prevent, detect, and respond to outbreaks before they become epidemics. The Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) was launched on February 13, 2014 to advance a world safe and secure from infectious disease threats and to bring together nations from all over the world to make new, concrete commitments, and to elevate global health security as a national leaders-level priority. The G7 endorsed the GHSA in June 2014; and Finland and Indonesia hosted commitment development meetings to spur action in May and August…read story

CDC Ebola Updates

Latest Outbreak Info The World Health Organization, in partnership with Ministries of Health in West Africa, has reported 6,263 cases of Ebola and 2,917 deaths…read more Q & A on Ebola Q & A: Estimating the Future Number of Cases in the Ebola Epidemic - Liberia and Sierra Leone, 2014-2015

More resources on the CDC Ebola website >>

In the News

How the CDC uses social media to inform Americans about Ebola outbreak
Humanosphere
September 24, 2014

Ebola outbreak shocked unprepared developed countries, says CDC health agency
The Guardian
September 23, 2014

WHO, CDC publish grim new Ebola projections
Science
September 23, 2014

Powering The Ebola Response: Monrovia’s Island Clinic
USAID
September 23, 2014

Video: How Nigeria has succeeded in containing Ebola
PBS NewsHour
September 22, 2014

On the Calendar



September 26: Global Health Security Agenda White House Meeting—representatives from 44 countries and several international organizations are gathered in Washington, D.C. to work toward commitments to the Global Health Security Agenda.
September 28: World Rabies Day
September 29: World Heart Day
October 1: International Day of Older Persons
October 10: World Mental Health Day
October 11: International Day of the Girl Child
October 12: World Arthritis Day
October 13: World Sight Day
October 13: International Day for Disaster Reduction
October 15: Global Handwashing Day
October 16: World Food Day
October 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
October 20: World Osteoporosis Day
October 24: World Polio Day