CDC Around the World: Global Immunization

CDC Around the World: Global Immunization

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CDC is ensuring that everyone, everywhere benefits from immunization. Read how in our Strategic Framework for Global Immunization, 2016-2020. View full-sized photo

Spotlighted Topic: Global Immunization

CDC Zika Updates

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STOPPING VIRUSES THAT DON’T RESPECT BORDERS In the first seven months of 2016 alone, 13 states reported outbreaks of measles, a highly infectious disease that killed 400 to 500 Americans a year and hospitalized nearly 50,000 more as recent as the 1950s. With the advent of the measles vaccine, routine immunizations, and the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program, measles is no longer endemic…Read blog

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THE GLOBAL IMPACT OF VACCINES IN REDUCING VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY View full-sized infographic

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GETTING MEASLES CASES TO ZERO While the number of measles cases are reducing, there are still some barriers to eradication. Planning for these barriers is crucial, and this video highlights some of those efforts.…Watch video

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CDC’S GLOBAL IMMUNIZATION PLAN The Global Immunization Division is on a mission to disrupt immunization business as usual. Alarmed by the sluggishness in measles and rubella elimination globally despite an affordable measles/rubella vaccine, and the other unmet midterm goals of the Global Vaccine Action Plan: 2011-2020, GID is paving the way forward with a road map developed with 17 CDC divisions involved in immunization…Read story

CDC Zika Updates

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On January 22, 2016, CDC activated the Incident Management System and, working through the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), centralized the response to the outbreaks of Zika occurring in the Americas and increased reports of birth defects and Guillain-Barré syndrome in areas affected by Zika. On February 1, 2016, the World Health Organization declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) because of clusters of microcephaly and other neurological disorders in some areas affected by Zika. On February 8, 2016, CDC elevated response efforts to a Level 1 activation, the highest response level at the agency.

CDC is working with international public health partners and with state and local health departments to

• Alert healthcare providers and the public about Zika.
• Post travel notices and other travel-related guidance.
• Provide state health laboratories with diagnostic tests.
• Monitor and report cases of Zika, which will helps improve our understanding of how and where Zika is spreading.

In the News

After Setback, Nigeria Digs In to End Polio
VOA NewsAugust 20, 2016

Joplin native, with CDC, fights against HIV/AIDS in Tanzania
The Joplin GlobeAugust 10, 2016

Hypertension is now more common in poor and middle-income countries than rich ones
The Washington PostAugust 9, 2016

The Globally Synchronized Switch—Another Milestone Toward Achieving Polio Eradication
JAMA PediatricsAugust 1, 2016

On the Calendar

September: Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month
September: Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month
Sept 9: International Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Day
Sept 10: World Suicide Prevention Day